How to disassemble OpenvSwitch network bridge on SolusVM 2 CR?

Question

How to disassemble an open vSwitch bridge?

Answer

• on RHEL-based OSes:

  # ovs-vsctl del-port agge
  # ip link set br0 down
  # ovs-vsctl del-br br0
  # systemctl restart network

• on Debian-based OSes:

  # systemctl unmask systemd-networkd.socket && systemctl unmask systemd-networkd.service && systemctl unmask networkd-dispatcher.service && systemctl unmask systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
  # systemctl enable systemd-networkd.socket && systemctl enable systemd-networkd.service && systemctl enable networkd-dispatcher.service && systemctl enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service 
  # apt install -y nplan netplan.io
  # apt purge ifupdown
  # ovs-vsctl del-port agge
  # ip link set br0 down
  # ovs-vsctl del-br br0
  # netplan apply