Install server in silent mode on Windows

This topic provides instructions for installing Deployment Automation in silent mode on Windows, and contains examples of configured options for different database types.

Install server in silent mode

Silent mode enables you to automate the installation.

You can also install a Deployment Automation server using the interactive installer. For details, see Run the interactive server installer.

To install a server in silent mode on Windows:

  1. Download the server installer for Windows from the Software Licensing and Downloads portal (requires login).

  2. Unpack the server installer zip bundle.

    The bundle includes the self-extracting executable file MicrofocusDA-Server64-bundle.exe containing the server and the Common Tools installers.

  3. Run the executable to extract the following installers:

    • Server installer MicroFocusDA-Server64-installer.exe

    • Common Tools installer setupOpenTextCommonTools_win64.exe, extracted into the common directory.

  4. Create an options file and save it as C:/optionsFile.txt. For details, see Server silent installation options.

  5. As a local system user, issue this command:

    cmd /c MicroFocusDA-Server64-installer.exe /s /V"/qn /L*vx "%TEMP%\silent-install.log" PROPFILE=\"c:\optionsFile.txt\" "

    Where:

    • "%TEMP%\silent-install.log" is an absolute path to a log file.

    • PROPFILE=\"c:\optionsFile.txt\" is an absolute path to the options file you created in step 2.

    • The space between the final two quotes is required.

After you install your server, continue with the next steps in the Installation checklist.

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Server silent installation options

The following table describes the server silent installation options in an optionsFile.txt file for Windows.

Option Default / if not specified Description
AgreeToLicense No Must be set to Yes.
USE_EXISTING_SETTINGS  

Set to UseExisting if you want to skip the database installation and administration part of the installation.

Note: Use only if there are existing DA settings populated in the directory specified by the SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR option.

SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\.microfocus\da Directory in which to install the server, or, if using the USE_EXISTING_SETTINGS= UseExisting option, the directory where your DA settings already exist.
SKIP_DB  

To skip the database creation, include and set this option: SKIP_DB=SkipDB

Note: To use this option, make sure that the SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR option does not exist.

AGENT_MUTUAL_AUTH N For agent mutual authentication, set this option to Y. For details, see Configure SSL mutual authentication.
JMS_PORT 7918 Server port.
DB_TYPE derby Use this to specify a database vendor other than the default: oracle, sqlserver, or postgresql.
<DB>_USER da Database user ID, where <DB> is DERBY, ORA, SQLSVR, or PSQL.
<DB>_PASSWORD password Password for the database user ID, where <DB> is DERBY, ORA, SQLSVR, or PSQL.
ORA_DB_SCHEMA   (Required for Oracle) The database schema.
DERBY_PORT   (Required for Derby) This option specifies the Derby port, 11377.
<DB>_DB_CONN   (Required for databases other than Derby) The database connection, where <DB> is ORA, SQLSVR, or PSQL.
IS_INSTALL_MODE   (Required) Set the installation mode to silent.
SRA_ADMIN  

Required installation owner's administrator username.

Caution: After creating it, you cannot remove the built-in administrative user through the user interface. Therefore, we recommend using your organization's naming standards.
SRA_ADMIN_PWD   Required user-defined password for the username set by the SRA_ADMIN option.
TC_PORT 8080 Common Tomcat port, required only for new installations.

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Options file examples

Use the following examples of the optionsFile.txt settings for each database type on Windows.

This example uses all defaults except for the TC_PORT, which is set to 8081.

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AgreeToLicense=Yes
SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR=<InstallationPath>
SKIP_DB=""
AGENT_MUTUAL_AUTH=""
JMS_PORT=7918
DB_TYPE=oracle
ORA_DB_CONN=jdbc:oracle:thin:@//serverName:1521/da
ORA_DB_SCHEMA=da
ORA_PASSWORD=password123
IS_INSTALL_MODE=silent
SRA_ADMIN=admin1
SRA_ADMIN_PWD=1
TC_PORT=8081 

This example uses all defaults except for the TC_PORT, which is set to 8088.

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AgreeToLicense=Yes
SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR=<InstallationPath>
SKIP_DB=""
AGENT_MUTUAL_AUTH=""
JMS_PORT=7918
DB_TYPE=sqlserver
SQLSVR_DB_CONN=jdbc:sqlserver://serverName:1433;DatabaseName=da
SRA_ADMIN=admin1
SRA_ADMIN_PWD=1
SQLSVR_USER=da
SQLSVR_PASSWORD=mypassword
IS_INSTALL_MODE=silent
TC_PORT=8088

In this example, the SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR specified must not already exist. Using this optionsFile.txt file, because the SKIP_DB=skipDB option is specified, the DB_TYPE option cannot be set to derby, and the SRA_ADMIN and SRA_ADMIN_PWD options cannot be set during the server installation.

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AgreeToLicense=Yes
SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR=<InstallationPath>
SKIP_DB=SkipDB
AGENT_MUTUAL_AUTH=""
JMS_PORT=7918
DB_TYPE=sqlserver
SQLSVR_DB_CONN=jdbc:sqlserver://serverName:1433;DatabaseName=da
SQLSVR_USER=da
SQLSVR_PASSWORD=mypassword
IS_INSTALL_MODE=silent
TC_PORT=8080

This is an example of a new installation of the server that points to an existing profile. The Deployment Automation profile location already exists, as specified by the SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR option. Using this optionsFile.txt file, the server is installed and the existing settings are used for the installation.

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AgreeToLicense=Yes
USE_EXISTING_SETTINGS=UseExisting
SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR=<InstallationPath>
SRA_ADMIN=admin1234
SRA_ADMIN_PWD=password123
TC_PORT=8080

This is an example of installation settings for a PostgreSQL database.

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AgreeToLicense=Yes
SRA_USER_INSTALLDIR=<InstallationPath>
SKIP_DB=""
AGENT_MUTUAL_AUTH=""
JMS_PORT=7918
DB_TYPE=postgresql
PSQL_DB_CONN=jdbc:postgresql://hostname:5432/dbname
PSQL_JDBC_DRIVER=org.postgresql.Driver
PSQL_USER=dbuser
PSQL_PASSWORD=password
IS_INSTALL_MODE=silent 
SRA_ADMIN=admin
SRA_ADMIN_PWD=password
TC_PORT=8080

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