Installing from the silent installer

You can use the silent installer in supported UNIX and Linuxplatforms to install the Optim™ Server. The silent installer is unavailable for the Red Hat Linux 3 and Solaris 8 platforms.

The Optim installation includes the optim.installer.properties file in the same directory where the install.bin file is located. To use the silent installer, open the optim.installer.properties file and make any modifications to the variables to customize it for your installation. You can modify the following variables:

INSTALLER_UI=SILENT
Install using silent installer.
LICENSE_ACCEPTED=TRUE
Specify that the license agreement is accepted.
USER_INSTALL_DIR=directory
Fully-qualified path to the destination directory to install Optim.
CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=
Specify the list of features enabled. Files related to these features are copied into the installation directory. Values are:
Optim for Optim Server executables
Sample for Optim sample files
ODM for Open Data Manager
Specify the values in a comma-separated feature list. The values you specify for CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST= must match the values you specify for CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=.
CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=
The list of features to install. Values are:
Optim for Optim Server executables
Sample for Optim sample files
ODM for Open Data Manager
Specify the values in a comma-separated feature list. The values you specify for CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST= must match the values you specify for CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=.
CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=
The type of installation. Values are:
Full installs all Optim features. If you choose this value, ensure that both CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST= and CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST= include all the features.
Custom installs features specified in CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=.

USER_INPUT_ODM_NOW= and USER_INPUT_ODM_LATER= should be included in the properties file only if you are installing the ODM feature. Otherwise, remove them from the file.

USER_INPUT_ODM_NOW=
Installs and configures ODM now. Values are:
1 install ODM now
0 do not install ODM now
USER_INPUT_ODM_LATER=
Copy the ODM files. Values are:
1 copy the files.
0 do not copy the files.
Include USER_INPUT_ODM_USERLIC= and USER_INPUT_ODM_TRIAL= only if both these conditions are met:
  • you are installing ODM (CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST contains ODM), and
  • you are installing and configuring ODM now (USER_INPUT_ODM_NOW=1).

Otherwise, remove USER_INPUT_ODM_USERLIC= and USER_INPUT_ODM_TRIAL= from the file.

USER_INPUT_ODM_USERLIC=
Specify whether a valid ODM license file will be used. Values are:
1 a valid license file will be used to install ODM.
0 there is no valid license file to install ODM.
USER_INPUT_ODM_TRIAL=
Specify whether a trial license will be used for ODM. Values are:
1 use a default 30-day trial license.
0 do not use a 30-day trial license.

Include ODM_LICENSE_FILE_FULL_PATH= only if allthese conditions are met:

Otherwise, remove ODM_LICENSE_FILE_FULL_PATH= from the file.

ODM_LICENSE_FILE_FULL_PATH=pathtolicensefile
Specify the fully-qualified path to the ODM license file.
USER_INPUT_DELETE_FILES=
Specify whether to delete the temporary files created during the installation. Values are:
1 delete the temporary files.
0 do not delete the temporary files.
USER_INPUT_DONOT_DELETE=
Specify to prevent deleting the temporary files created during the installation. Values are:
1 do not delete the temporary files.
0 delete the temporary files.

After you specify the variables in the optim.installer.properties file, use one of the following commands to start the silent installer.

If the optim.installer.properties file is in the same directory as install.bin, use the command:
./install.bin –i silent
If the optim.installer.properties file is in a directory different from that for install.bin, use the command:
./install.bin -fdirectorypathoptim.installer.properties

where directorypath is the fully-qualified path to the directory for the optim.installer.properties file.

After the installation completes, see Configuration to establish defaults for the Server.



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