Remove or comment out the Observium cron file to stop automated polling. sudo rm /etc/cron.d/observium Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard
RRDtool and SNMP tools are heavy dependencies. If you installed them solely for Observium, you can remove them: uninstall observium ubuntu
(The exact filename might be observium.conf or observium.vhost.conf .) Remove or comment out the Observium cron file
Are you planning to with another monitoring tool like LibreNMS or Zabbix , or are you decommissioning the server entirely? If you installed them solely for Observium, you
Delete the MySQL/MariaDB database and the associated user created during installation: Log in to MySQL: mysql -u root -p Run these commands: DROP DATABASE observium; DROP USER 'observium'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT; 3. Remove Apache Configuration Disable the site and remove the virtual host file: sudo a2dissite observium.conf sudo rm /etc/apache2/sites-available/observium.conf sudo systemctl restart apache2 4. Cleanup Logs and RRD Files If you want to completely wipe all historical data: sudo rm -rf /var/log/observium
If you created a specific system user for Observium during installation, you can remove it now: sudo deluser observium sudo delgroup observium Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 6. Do You Need to Remove Dependencies? Observium requires several packages to run, such as mariadb-server If you are switching to another monitoring tool (like
This will permanently delete all your historical graph data. sudo rm -rf /opt/observium Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 5. Cleanup the User (Optional)