Remove Web Portal from Raspberry Pi

This page aims to help anyone willing to remove the Web Portal from a Raspberry Pi.

Table of content

Prerequisites

  • The Raspberry Pi with SSH access and an account with sudo permissions.

Guidelines

⚠️ If you installed the Web Portal prior to June 2024, follow the next guide. Otherwise, read the guidelines just below:

1. Use SSH to connect to the Raspberry Pi.

2. Stop and remove the systemd service:

$ systemctl stop piguard_portal.service
$ systemctl disable piguard_portal.service
$ rm /etc/systemd/system/piguard_portal.service
$ systemctl daemon-reload
$ systemctl reset-failed

Then, if you check the service status, you should get the following output:

$ systemctl status piguard_portal.service
Unit piguard_portal.service could not be found.

3. Go to the application folder which should be: /home/piguard/app

4. Uninstall the dependencies:

$ sudo pip uninstall -r requirements.txt

5. Then, go back to the parent directory and remove the project:

# Assuming you named the application folder 'app'. Otherwise, use the name you choose.
$ rm -rf app

Guidelines for previous version

We assume you have a Raspberry Pi on which PiGuard v2 Web Portal was installed before June 2024.

1. Use SSH to connect to the Raspberry Pi.

2. Stop and remove the systemd service:

$ systemctl stop piguard-flask.service
$ systemctl disable piguard-flask.service
$ rm /etc/systemd/system/piguard-flask.service
$ systemctl daemon-reload
$ systemctl reset-failed

Then, if you check the service status, you should get the following output:

$ systemctl status piguard-flask.service
Unit piguard-flask.service could not be found.

3. Go to the application folder which should be: /home/piguard/p2-piguard-flask-dev

4. Uninstall the dependencies:

$ sudo pip uninstall -r requirements/production.txt
# The development ones shouldn't be installed, but in case:
$ pip uninstall -r requirements/development.txt

5. Then, go back to the parent directory and remove the project:

$ rm -rf p2-piguard-flask-dev

6. Ensure there is no files related to the project anymore by running:

$ ls -la

If there is any file named like p2-piguard-flask-dev or a similar name, remove it.