If you added the cron jobs directly to the root user's crontab, edit it using: sudo crontab -e Use code with caution.
Are you planning to on this same server?
If you have custom logs or RRD paths outside /opt/observium (check your config.php before deletion), remove those as well. Common locations:
Follow this step-by-step guide to completely purge Observium from your Ubuntu system. Step 1: Stop and Remove Cron Jobs uninstall observium ubuntu
This comprehensive guide will walk you through the step-by-step process to safely and completely uninstall Observium from an Ubuntu system, including all dependencies, configuration files, and collected data. Prerequisites: Prepare for Removal
Ensure no unneeded services are listening on web ports. Run sudo ss -tuln to verify ports 80 and 443 are behaving as expected based on your web server configuration.
Apache: sudo a2dissite observium.conf followed by sudo systemctl reload apache2 If you added the cron jobs directly to
For Ubuntu, remove commonly used Observium PHP modules (example for PHP 8.1/8.2):
A clean uninstallation requires removing the core Observium files, the cron jobs, the MySQL database, the web server configurations, and the collected data logs.
Stop the Observium service, remove Observium files (usually /opt/observium or /usr/local/observium), drop the observium MySQL/MariaDB database and user, remove webserver virtual host and PHP config, delete cron jobs and monitoring users, and optionally remove RRDtool/Graphing data and dependencies. Run sudo ss -tuln to verify ports 80
Will you be monitoring , Linux/Windows servers , or Docker containers ?
Disable the Observium site:
