6.7.6: Application removal and cleanup tutorial

During this tutorial, you will use the administrative console to uninstall (remove) the simpleSession application (or perhaps simpleSessionSecure application if you performed the Application security tutorial).

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that you have installed the simpleSession application (unsecured or secured) from a previous tutorial, and are okay with uninstalling it now. You can extrapolate the instructions to remove the applications pertaining to the SOAP tutorial and advanced CMP tutorial also.

Overview of steps (5 minutes)

  1. Start the administrative server.
  2. Open the administrative console.
  3. Stop the SimpleSessionApp.
  4. Uninstall the application.

You learned most of the above steps already, in the Application deployment tutorial.

Uninstall the application

  1. In the tree view of the console, right-click WebSphere Administrative Domain -> Enterprise Applications -> SimpleSessionApp.
  2. From the resulting menu, click Stop.

    Stopping the application

  3. Wait for the message confirming that the application was stopped successfully.
  4. Right-click SimpleSessionApp again and click Remove.
  5. For the purposes of the tutorial, click No when prompted about the application bindings.
  6. Click Yes when prompted to confirm whether to remove the application.
  7. Look for the message that the application was removed (uninstalled) successfully.