Uninstall layer7 software gateway

Products

• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

How do I uninstall API gateway (software form factor)?

Environment

For Software for factor gateway

Resolution

The software gateway is installed by rpm command. You can uninstall it by rpm command,

1. show ssg package
   # rpm -aq|grep ssg
2. uninstall 
   # rpm -e <ssg package>
   <ssg package> is the ssg package name from step 1 output
3. some logs and custom files will not be deleted by the uninstall, may need manually remove the gateway folder
   # rm -Rf /opt/SecureSpan/
4. to uninstall policy manager, please refer to,
   https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/api-gateway/11-1/install-configure-upgrade/upgrade-or-uninstall-the-policy-manager.html