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Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
Uninstalling DevOps Loop
You can safely uninstall DevOps Loop from your environment, ensuring that all resources and data are properly removed.
Uninstalling DevOps Loop from Kubernetes Service (K8S)
To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from the Kubernetes Service (K8S) cluster.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the features introduced, a product overview, and installation instructions, as well as contact information of HCL Customer Support for this version of HCL DevOps Loop.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Loop.
Getting Started
HCL DevOps Loop is a platform designed to support the full DevOps lifecycle. The Getting Started section introduces key concepts and walks through the initial steps to help new users begin working with the platform.
Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
- Configuration of external databases for the capabilities in DevOps Loop
  DevOps Loop capabilities use databases to store configuration data, execution results, and operational information. In the default configuration, some capabilities deploy internal databases as part of the Helm installation. However, you can configure the capabilities to use external databases that are managed outside the Kubernetes cluster.
- Installation of DevOps Loop
  To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install the platform in your environment.
- License management and user administration
  After you install DevOps Loop, you must manage licenses, users, and authentication to control access to platform resources.
- Backup and restoration of DevOps Loop
  You must back up HCL DevOps Loop data before you uninstall the current version of DevOps Loop. You must back up the data to avoid data loss or inaccessibility.
- Private CA and self-signed certificate support
  A private Certificate Authority (CA) is an organization-specific service that issues and manages digital certificates for use within an enterprise’s private network. These certificates secure communication between internal applications and services.
- Upgrading DevOps Loop
  After you complete the required backup and pre-upgrade tasks, you can upgrade DevOps Loop to a newer version.
- Integrations in DevOps Loop
  DevOps Loop provides a set of integrations to extend the platform’s capabilities and connect your loops to external systems and intelligent tools. These integrations enable you to automate tasks, enhance productivity, and interact with loop resources from outside the DevOps Loop interface.
- DevOps Loop MCP server
  The DevOps Loop Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides a standardized interface so that external MCP clients can interact with DevOps Loop and perform supported operations.
- Teamspace management
  A teamspace in HCL DevOps Loop is a secure, dedicated environment designed for multiple teams to work independently within a single shared DevOps Loop installation.
- Uninstalling DevOps Loop
  You can safely uninstall DevOps Loop from your environment, ensuring that all resources and data are properly removed.
  - Uninstalling DevOps Loop from IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)
    To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from theIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS) cluster.
  - Uninstalling DevOps Loop from Kubernetes Service (K8S)
    To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from the Kubernetes Service (K8S) cluster.
Working with Loops
A loop is a workflow that connects DevOps activities of your team from planning and development through build, deployment, testing, and release phases.
Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of capabilities such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy, Measure and Harbor (if enabled) to manage every stage of the software development lifecycle within a connected, continuous loop.
Loop Genie overview - Tech Preview
Loop Genie is an AI-powered assistant integrated into DevOps Loop. It provides a unified conversational interface for retrieving information and performing actions across multiple DevOps Loop capabilities.
Troubleshooting
Offline Documentation (PDF)
You can access the following link to view or download the release notes, system requirements, and user documentation for DevOps Loop in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
Security Considerations
This document describes the actions that you can take to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls in HCL DevOps Loop.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Uninstalling DevOps Loop from Kubernetes Service (K8S)

To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from the Kubernetes Service (K8S) cluster.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Installed DevOps Loop.
Closed DevOps Loop, any open web browsers, and all other applications that are enabled by DevOps Loop.
Ensured that, if applicable, existing namespaces used by Code dev containers running in user namespaces are deleted before starting the uninstall.

Procedure

Switch to your K8S cluster by using the following command:
```
kubectl config use-context <context-name>
```
Run the following command to uninstall DevOps Loop:
```
helm uninstall $HELM_NAME -n $NAMESPACE
```
Where,
```
NAMESPACE=devops-loop
HELM_NAME=devops-loop
```
Note:
User-specific DevContainer namespaces are not removed automatically when DevOps Loop is uninstalled. These namespaces are created outside of the DevOps Loop Helm release and therefore are not deleted when the Helm release is removed.
After uninstalling DevOps Loop, review the cluster for any DevContainer namespaces that are no longer required and delete them manually:
kubectl delete namespace <devcontainerNamespace>
DevContainer namespace names are derived from the user's email address, with special characters converted to Kubernetes-compatible character sequences. For example, the email address xyz@example.com is converted to the namespace xyz-40-example-2e-com.
The PersistentVolumeClaims and PersistentVolumes that were created during the installation are not deleted automatically. If you reinstall DevOps Loop, the user data is reused unless you specifically delete those volumes.
Run the following command to delete everything, including the user data contained in claims and persistent volumes:
```
kubectl delete namespace $NAMESPACE
```

Results

You have uninstalled DevOps Loop from the K8S cluster.