Disable PX-Central components
If you installed the PX-Central components using Helm, you can use Helm to disable them as well.
Prerequisites
Ensure the PX-Central components are installed.
Disable
You can disable the PX-Backup, license server, and monitoring service components individually or all together using one command.
NOTE: Before disabling each PX-Central component or all at once, you must perform the following steps.
Update your Helm reports.
helm repo update
Retrieve all custom values you used during install. Generate a YAML file, replacing the values of the
and parameters to match your environment. helm get values --namespace <namespace> <release-name> -o yaml > values.yaml
Delete the post install hook job.
kubectl delete job pxcentral-post-install-hook --namespace <namespace>
After performing the above steps, disable each component.
Disable PX-Backup.
helm upgrade <release-name> <repo-name>/px-central --namespace <namespace> -f values.yaml --set pxbackup.enabled=false
Disable license server.
helm upgrade <release-name> <repo-name>/px-central --namespace <namespace> -f values.yaml --set pxlicenseserver.enabled=false
Disable monitoring service.
helm upgrade <release-name> <repo-name>/px-central --namespace <namespace> -f values.yaml --set pxmonitor.enabled=false
Disable all PX-Central components at once.
helm upgrade <release-name> <repo-name>/px-central --namespace <namespace> -f values.yaml --set pxbackup.enabled=false,pxmonitor.enabled=false,pxlicenseserver.enabled=false
Last edited: Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023
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