Use the default response file 

Use the default response file to specify silent installation parameters for your environment.

About this task

Silent installation uses the parameters in one response file to install the same IBM Connections profile on multiple computers. This topic provides steps for using the default response file provided with IBM Connections.

To use the default response file encrypt the relevant administrator passwords and add them to the response file. Then specify your environment parameters in the response file. Finally, if you are silently installing IBM Connections as a non-root user in an AIX or Linux™ environment, specify that in the silent-install.ini file.

Procedure

1. Create encrypted versions of any administrator passwords that will be used by the installation program. Typically this means the WAS and database administrators.

   1. Open a command prompt.

   2. Change to the <Lotus_Connections_setup>/Lotus_Connections_install/IM/<operating_system> directory, where <Lotus_Connections_set-up> is the directory or media where the IBM Connections installation files are located.

   3. Run the following command to encrypt a password:
      

      • AIX or Linux: install -silent -noSplash -encryptString <password>

      • Windows™: installc.exe -silent -noSplash -encryptString <password>

      The command generates an encrypted password.
      

   4. Repeat these steps for each required password.
      

2. Add the encrypted passwords to the default response file.

   1. Navigate to the lotus_connections_root> directory and open the response file for your operating system. The default name of the response file is LC.rsp.

   2. Add the encrypted passwords to the relevant elements. For example, these are the elements for the Activities WAS and database administrator passwords:
      

      <data key='user.activities.adminuser.password' value='<encrypted_password>'/>

      <data key='user.activities.dbUserPassword value='<encrypted_password>'/>

      where <encrypted_password> is the value generated by the command in Step 1.

      Also change the default WAS administrator name from wasadmin if your administrator name is different.
      

3. Specify your installation parameters in the rest of the document. See The default response file.

4. If you are performing the silent installation as a non-root user on AIX or Linux systems...

   1. Open the silent-install.ini file for editing from the following location:
      

      • AIX: <Lotus_Connections_set-up>/Lotus_Connections_install/IM/aix/silent-install.ini

      • Linux: <Lotus_Connections_set-up>/Lotus_Connections_install/IM/linux/silent-install.ini

      • Linux on System z : <Lotus_Connections_set-up>/Lotus_Connections_install_s390/IM/zlinux/silent-install.ini
        
      where <Lotus_Connections_set-up> is the IBM Connections set-up directory or installation media.
      

   2. In the second line of the file, change admin to nonadmin.

   3. Save and close the file.
      

Parent topic

Install silently

Related tasks

Create a response file
Install in silent mode

Related reference
The default response file

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