ISTIOCTL-UNINSTALL(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this whole manual is for istioctl-uninstall — aka the istioctl uninstall command — and it does one iconic thing: it uninstalls Istio from a cluster. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Run it like this, no cap:

istioctl uninstall [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The uninstall command uninstalls Istio from a cluster. Literally that. Main character behavior only. 💅

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• --dry-run[=false] — console/log output only, make no changes. So it's a preview moment, not the real thing. 👀
• -f, --filename="" — the filename of the IstioOperator CR. Yes bestie, point it at the file. 📄
• --force[=false] — proceed even with validation errors. Like, keep going anyway. 🚀
• -h, --help[=false] — help for uninstall. The classic. 🫶
• -d, --manifests="" — specify a path to a directory of charts and profiles (e.g. ~/Downloads/istio-1.31.3/manifests). Path bestie, path. 🗂️
• --purge[=false] — delete all Istio related sources for all versions. All of them. The whole shelf. 💀
• -r, --revision="" — target control plane revision for the command. Pick your revision, queen. 👑
• -s, --set=[] — override an IstioOperator value, e.g. to choose a profile (--set profile=demo), enable or disable components (--set components.cni.enabled=true), or override Istio settings (--set meshConfig.enableTracing=true). See documentation for more info: https://istio.io/v1.31/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/#IstioOperatorSpec ✨
• -y, --skip-confirmation[=false] — the skipConfirmation determines whether the user is prompted for confirmation. If set to true, the user is not prompted and a Yes response is assumed in all cases. So, no extra "u sure?" energy. ✅
• -v, --verbose[=false] — verbose output. Gimme all the tea. 🍵

🌸 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌸

• --as="" — username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. 🪪
• --as-group=[] — group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. Stack 'em. 🧚
• --as-uid="" — UID to impersonate for the operation. 🔑
• --context="" — Kubernetes configuration context. Context is everything, bestie. 🌈
• -i, --istioNamespace="istio-system" — Istio system namespace. Default is right there in the flag: "istio-system". 🎀
• --kubeclient-timeout="15s" — Kubernetes client timeout as a time.Duration string, defaults to 15 seconds. Tick tock. ⏳
• -c, --kubeconfig="" — Kubernetes configuration file. Your kubeconfig goes here. 📁
• -n, --namespace="" — Kubernetes namespace. Namespace check, always. 🌟
• --vklog=0 — number for the log level verbosity. Like -v flag. ex: --vklog=9. Yes, that kind of energy. 🔊

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

Exact examples, copied with love:

  # Uninstall a single control plane by revision
  istioctl uninstall --revision foo

  # Uninstall a single control plane by iop file
  istioctl uninstall -f iop.yaml

  # Uninstall all control planes and shared resources
  istioctl uninstall --purge

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

istioctl(1) — go check that one too, bestie. 🦋

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