Uninstall F5 WAF for NGINX

This document describes how to uninstall F5 WAF for NGINX.

The steps vary based on your installation style: ensure that you remove any F5 WAF configuration changes from your NGINX configuration files if you intend to continue using NGINX without F5 WAF.

Virtual environment packages

Depending on your installation method, you may have installed virtual environment packages as part of a virtual machine/bare metal installation or a hybrid Docker configuration deployment.

Using the environment’s package manager, identify and uninstall the package. It will be named something in the following list:

• app-protect
• app-protect-module-oss
• app-protect-module-plus

If you used the IP intelligence feature, its package should also be removed first, and is named app-protect-ip-intelligence.

Once the packages have been removed, you may also wish to remove the F5 WAF for NGINX repositories you added to the environment during installation.

Docker deployments

In an installation method involving Docker, navigate to the directory that contains the docker-compose.yml file and run:

sudo docker compose stop

For a single container configuration, use this command instead:

sudo docker container stop <your-container-name>

Kubernetes deployments

In an installation method involving Kubernetes, you’ll need to remove the resources created for F5 WAF for NGINX.

For Helm, run the following command:

helm uninstall <release-name>

For Manifests, locate the folder with your Manifest files:

kubectl delete -f manifests/