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Decommissioning

Gatekeepers can be decommissioned from the UI or from the console using ctconfig utility. A gatekeeper can be decommissioned from the Xshield Portal even if it is no longer on the network. Decommissioning a gatekeeper will attempt to first uninstall the gatekeeper (if connected), preserving the WAN connectivity and if not connected will proceed with removing all devices, traffic, templates and other data in the console related to the gatekeeper. This is a destructive operation and cannot be undone.

From UI​

To decommission the gatekeeper, navigate to the Gatekeepers list page in the UI and select the target Gatekeeper from the list. Click the Action menu on the right side and choose the "Decommission" option. Decommission Gatekeeper

If the Gatekeeper is part of a High Availability (HA) group, it can also be decommissioned through the HA group's Configuration UI by navigating to the Gatekeeper tab and selecting the delete option for the specific gatekeeper. Decommission Gatekeeper Using Config UI

From the console using ctconfig utility​

Gatekeepers can be decommissioned from the console using ctconfig utility as follows:

  1. Login to the gatekeeper console as root.
  2. Run the following command:
ctconfig
  1. Select the option 3 to decommision the gatekeeper.

Decommission Gatekeeper Using Console

  1. When prompted with "Are you sure you want to decommission your gatekeeper (y/n)", type y and press Enter.