Let’s explore the method for removing Imunify360 on various operating systems. As part of our Server Management Services, Bobcares frequently receives inquiries on the most effective ways to remove Imunify360.

Uninstalling/Removing Imunify360

Imunify360 is a machine learning-based security solution for Linux web servers that employs a multi-layer strategy to offer complete protection against all forms of malicious assaults or unusual behavior, including distributed brute force attacks. However, users may need to disable Imunify360 because a certain website requires it. It includes suspending the service as well as blocking specific domains from Imunify, among other things.

Violation of Imunify360 security rules by an IP address results in addition that IP-address to the Gray List. Thus blocking the IP address. Later we can fix it by providing the correct captcha while accessing the HTTP/S port.

We often get queries related to removing imunify360. To uninstall imunify360, our Support team suggests to follow the below steps to get the best result.

1. Execute the command:

   bash i360deploy.sh --uninstall
2. If i360deploy.sh is already deleted then download it again using the command:

   wget https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/defence360/i360deploy.sh
   bash i360deploy.sh
3. Now proceed to the directory with the script.
4. Then remount CageFS and remove files from the user local directories. Else it results in Apache log generated errors. For CloudLinux OS, use the below command:

   /usr/sbin/cagefsctl  --force-update
   /usr/sbin/cagefsctl --remount-all

Stopping Imunify360

The commands to stop Imunify360 is not same as those to remove Imunify360. We provide the users with the below methods to stop imunify360.

1. For CentOS6 or CloudLinux 6 OS, Use the command:

   service imunify360 stop
2. For other OS, run the command:

   systemctl stop imunify360

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Conclusion

To conclude, our Support team went over the details on removing/uninstalling Imunify360 on various platforms.