Question Uninstall Plesk - Debian 12

[Daveo]

Server operating system version

Debian 12.4

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.57 #5

My friend has a server that he no longer wishes to run Plesk on but he also doesn't want to reinstall the server.

Can I follow this article to uninstall Plesk or is there a way to disable Plesk ? (He hasn't renewed his Plesk licence, so Plesk can be logged into but goes straight to licence page).

The article does mean a bug with uninstalling Plesk on Ubuntu/Debian systems (bug PI-498) and I'm unable to locate the bug report to see if it's been resolved.

 

[Dave W]

I would say it would be far safer to just move to a new server as Plesk integrates with nearly everything on a server.

 

[Peter Debik]

The uninstall issue has not yet been resolved. Plesk integrates deeply with system services. Like @Dave W I'd also recommend to spin-up a new server and retire the old one.

 

[Daveo]

The reason he didn't want to reinstall the server is because it has his Plex Media Server on there (with a lot of media files in the Plex libraries).

 

[Dave W]

Boot to a second OS, mount the drive and remove everything apart from the media files, then install an OS taking care not to blow the media folders?
Backup of course beforehand.

 

[Daveo]

This would work if I had local access to his server, as I'm more 'skilled' at this than he is, but the problem is... he lives in the US and I live in the UK.

I only have remote access to the server via SSH.

Might just have to leave things as they are for now, until a reinstall becomes needed (ie: system issue, etc).

Is there no way to just disable Plesk, as there's no sites on the server ?