setup-ipsec-vpn/docs/uninstall.md

Uninstall the VPN

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Uninstall using helper script

Important: This script will remove IPsec VPN from your server. All VPN configuration will be permanently deleted, and Libreswan and xl2tpd will be removed. This cannot be undone!

wget https://git.io/vpnuninstall -O vpnunst.sh
sudo bash vpnunst.sh

When finished, reboot your server.

Manually uninstall the VPN

Alternatively, you may manually uninstall the VPN by following these steps. Commands must be run as root, or with sudo.

Steps

• First step
• Second step
• Third step
• Fourth step
• Optional
• When finished

First step

service ipsec stop
service xl2tpd stop
rm -rf /usr/local/sbin/ipsec /usr/local/libexec/ipsec /usr/local/share/doc/libreswan
rm -f /etc/init/ipsec.conf /lib/systemd/system/ipsec.service /etc/init.d/ipsec \
      /usr/lib/systemd/system/ipsec.service /etc/logrotate.d/libreswan \
      /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/libreswan.conf

Second step

Ubuntu & Debian

apt-get purge xl2tpd

CentOS/RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux & Amazon Linux 2

yum remove xl2tpd

Alpine Linux

apk del xl2tpd

Third step

Ubuntu, Debian & Alpine Linux

Edit /etc/iptables.rules and remove unneeded rules. Your original rules (if any) are backed up as /etc/iptables.rules.old-date-time. In addition, edit /etc/iptables/rules.v4 if the file exists.

CentOS/RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux & Amazon Linux 2

Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables and remove unneeded rules. Your original rules (if any) are backed up as /etc/sysconfig/iptables.old-date-time.

Note: If using Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux or CentOS/RHEL 8 and firewalld was active during VPN setup, nftables may be configured. Edit /etc/sysconfig/nftables.conf and remove unneeded rules. Your original rules are backed up as /etc/sysconfig/nftables.conf.old-date-time.

Fourth step

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and remove the lines after # Added by hwdsl2 VPN script.
Edit /etc/rc.local and remove the lines after # Added by hwdsl2 VPN script. DO NOT remove exit 0 (if any).

Optional

Note: This step is optional.

Remove these config files:

• /etc/ipsec.conf*
• /etc/ipsec.secrets*
• /etc/ppp/chap-secrets*
• /etc/ppp/options.xl2tpd*
• /etc/pam.d/pluto
• /etc/sysconfig/pluto
• /etc/default/pluto
• /etc/ipsec.d (directory)
• /etc/xl2tpd (directory)

Copy and paste for fast removal:

rm -f /etc/ipsec.conf* /etc/ipsec.secrets* /etc/ppp/chap-secrets* /etc/ppp/options.xl2tpd* \
      /etc/pam.d/pluto /etc/sysconfig/pluto /etc/default/pluto
rm -rf /etc/ipsec.d /etc/xl2tpd

When finished

Reboot your server.

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