Proper way to delete a Connector

[arobison99]

We're overbuilt on Connectors and the documentation is lacking on how to get rid of one.  Do I just kill the VM manually and remove the Identity Provider or is it more involved?

[HaiHuang · Accepted solution]

Unlike using addvm to add additional connector, there is no command to remove existing connector.

Here is what I will do:

If the connector is behind the gateway

* Login to Configurator UI, set connector to maintenance mode

* Go to vCenter power off the connector, and remove it from vApp.

* Verify the connector should be removed from Configurator UI

* Check [gateway]:/opt/vmware/nginx/conf/gen/upstream-443.conf and verify the connector is NOT listed there

If the connector is directly accessible (NOT behind gateway)

* Go to vCenter power off the connector, and remove it from vApp.

* Verify the connector should be removed from Configurator UI

And yes, please do check the Identity Provider and verify that the deleted connector should not be available anymore.

[arobison99]

Thank you.