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Install in silent mode

Overview

Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation on multiple systems.

A silent installation uses a response file to automate installation. Create a response file during a standard installation before you can use the file to perform a silent installation. By default, the location of the file is:

• AIX or Linux/tmp/InstallResponse.txt

• Microsoft WindowsC:\DOCUME~1\db2admin\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\InstallResponse.txt

Perform a silent installation

1. Run the installation wizard in interactive mode and select the option to create a response file. If you plan to silently install a subset of features, provide a feature-specific name for the response file, such as blogs_communities_homepage_response-file.txt.

2. Using a text editor, open the response file that the installer created. Change the value of the <response_option> parameter to one of the options in the table:

   -W responseFilePanel.enableResponseFile="<response_option>"

   Option	Description
   ResponseFileOnly	Creates a new response file.
   InstallOnly	Installs Lotus Connections (this value is automatically added by the installer).
   ResponseFileAndInstall	Installs Lotus Connections and creates a new response file.

3. Edit any other values, if required. For example, the silent installation might use a different server or a different user name. If the values of the password-encoding attribute are different for the silent installation, you can add a new password by changing the attribute's value to true and then typing the new password:

   -W passwordHandler.encodePassword=false

   You can specify new password values as follows:

   install -options "c:\InstallResponse.txt" -silent

   -W <passwordattributename1>=<password1>

   -W <passwordattributename2>=<password2>

   See the following table for a list of password parameters for each feature.

4. Open a command prompt and change to the in which the installer is located.

5. To launch the silent installer, enter the following command:

   • AIX / Linux:

     ./install.sh -options <response_file> -silent

     If the script does not run, you might need to enable its Executable attribute by running the chmod command first. The Executable attribute of a script can become disabled after the script is copied from a read-only medium such as DVD.

   • Windows:

     install.bat -options <response_file> -silent

   where <response_file> is the file path location of the response file. If you saved the response file to a different file path than the default, or renamed it, ensure that you specify the correct response path and file.

   1. Optional: If you are specifying a different database password, add any of the following parameters (before the -silent parameter):

      Feature	Password attribute name
      Activities	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_activities.appUserPasswordField
      Blogs	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_blogs.appUserPasswordField
      Communities	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_communities.appUserPasswordField
      Dogear	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_dogear.appUserPasswordField
      Files	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_files.appUserPasswordField
      Home page	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_homepage.appUserPasswordField
      News	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_news.appUserPasswordField
      Profiles	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_profiles.appUserPasswordField
      Search	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_search.appUserPasswordField
      Wikis	-W jdbcDatasourcePanel_wikis.appUserPasswordField

      The Mobile feature does not need a data source.

   2. Optional: If you plan to use an SMTP server to handle notifications, add one of the following parameters (before the -silent parameter):

      SMTP parameters

      Mail type	SMTP parameter
      Java mail session	-W notificationConfigJavaMailSession.smtpPasswordField
      DNS MX records	-W notificationConfigLegacy.smtpPasswordField

6. After the installation is complete, see the Configuring Blogs topic. For more information about customizing the features, see the Administering Lotus Connections section of the Lotus Connections information center.

• The InstallResponse.txt file
  Perform silent installations by using a response file.

• Install from the command line on AIX systems
  To install Lotus Connections using the command line rather than using the installation wizard, you can perform a silent installation, specifying a required set of parameters.

 

Related tasks

Install a network deployment
Install Lotus Connections
Install Lotus Connections
Install a stand-alone deployment
Running the installation wizard from a console
Configure Blogs
Lotus Connections detailed system requirements

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