Uninstalling the Secrets Store CSI Driver Operator

To remove the Secrets Store CSI Driver Operator and free cluster resources, uninstall the Operator after stopping applications and removing the CSI driver.

Prerequisites

  • Access to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  • Administrator access to the cluster.

Procedure

  1. Stop all application pods that use the secrets-store.csi.k8s.io provider.

  2. Remove any third-party provider plug-in for your chosen secret store.

  3. Remove the Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver and associated manifests:

    1. Click Administration → CustomResourceDefinitions → ClusterCSIDriver.

    2. On the Instances tab, for secrets-store.csi.k8s.io, on the far left side, click the drop-down menu, and then click Delete ClusterCSIDriver.

    3. When prompted, click Delete.

  4. Verify that the CSI driver pods are no longer running.

  5. Uninstall the Secrets Store CSI Driver Operator:

    Note

    Before you can uninstall the Operator, you must remove the CSI driver first.

    1. Click Ecosystem → Installed Operators.

    2. On the Installed Operators page, scroll or type "Secrets Store CSI" into the Search by name box to find the Operator, and then click it.

    3. On the upper, right of the Installed Operators > Operator details page, click Actions → Uninstall Operator.

    4. When prompted on the Uninstall Operator window, click the Uninstall button to remove the Operator from the namespace. Any applications deployed by the Operator on the cluster need to be cleaned up manually.

      After uninstalling, the Secrets Store CSI Driver Operator is no longer listed in the Installed Operators section of the web console.

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