Clear stored data

StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x

The data in StackState is divided into three different sets:

• Elasticsearch data

• Kafka Topic data

• StackGraph data

With this much data to store, it's important to have the means to manage it. There is a standard 8 days data retention period set in StackState. This can be configured according to your needs using the StackState CLI or manually on each machine. Find out more about StackState data retention.

Clear data manually

Clearing the data in StackState will remove any configured permissions from the system.

Kubernetes

To clear stored data in StackState running on Kubernetes, it's recommended to run a clean install.

Linux

Note that the below instructions are valid for a single node installation type. For a two-node installation, you need to stop the service corresponding to the node. For example, systemctl stop stackgraph for a StackGraph node.

1. Stop the StackState and StackGraph services:

   systemctl stop stackstate
   systemctl stop stackgraph

2. Remove the directory that holds the files:

   rm -rf /opt/stackstate/var/lib/*

3. Start the StackState and StackGraph services:

   systemctl start stackstate
   systemctl start stackgraph