No, it does not require you to reinstall the OS. You can use *apt-get purge elasticsearch* to remove the package and any directories and files it created.
Also, reinstalling the OS just to fix your problem is a major waste of time, you should have tried to restore your cluster to green. On 11 February 2015 at 03:18, Onno <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want complete reinstall of Elasticsearch you need to reinstall the > OS. It is the only way. Elasticsearch was designed in such way that it > requires full OS reinstall. If there is a corruption, this is what you > should do. It is straightforward enough. > > > On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:59:34 UTC+1, Onno wrote: >> >> Something is wrong with my elasticsearch instance. It complains about >> unassigned shards en cluster health is red. >> >> I was wondering if it is possible to do complete removal of >> Elasticsearch. That way I can easily recover from the problems by removal >> and install. This however does seem to be straightforward to the point that >> it makes me wonder if it is at all possible. >> >> This is under Ubuntu 14.04 something and elasticsearch 1.4.2. >> >> Using Ubuntu software centre I can remove 1.4.2 but directory remains. So >> normal software remove does not seem to do a lot. >> >> If I combine that with removal of directories left by Elasticsearch >> scattered throughtout the file system, it seems to end with a corruption of >> some sort. Elasticsearch won't install. >> Setting up elasticsearch (1.4.2) ... >> >> chown: cannot access /etc/elasticsearch/*: No such file or directory >> >> >> So the installation program expect a directory to exist prior to >> installation which is a bit strange. I would argue that one should either >> cleanup file system on uninstall 'or' don't make assumption on what it >> means if directories are present. It should be one of two not a bit of both. >> >> >> Is there a documented way to recover from this that does not involve me >> doing a complete reinstall of the OS? >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43c872d0-af9b-4f90-a993-e182dd5a793d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43c872d0-af9b-4f90-a993-e182dd5a793d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X8FTq9JDO1jaFjDwQOD39FgaewgtH8Ja%3DA6w83NmVijOQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
