Performing an Installation in Silent Mode

To perform an installation in silent mode, complete the following steps:

1. Prepare a control file swinstalldat. For detailed information, see Generating a Control File.
2. Perform all the necessary pre-installation tasks on each machine where you want to install the iProcess Engine. See Pre-Installation for detailed information.
3. Copy the swinstall.dat file from the $SWDIR/logs directory to the DistDir directory.
4. Log in as either root or as the iProcess Engine background user (see iProcess Engine Background User Name for more information).
5. Enter the following commands to run the installer silently:

cd DistDir

./swinstall swinstall.dat

where:

DistDir is the temporary installation directory containing the iProcess Engine distribution set. See Extracting the Installation Set to a Temporary Installation Directory for more information.

Note 

You need to redirect standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) from the installer to a log file. Any errors or warnings that will be displayed during the installation will be sent to this log file.

Redirection syntax for stdout and stderr depends on the shell you are using. See your UNIX documentation for information.
6. Check the log file to make sure that the installation succeeded.
7. Perform the post-installation tasks. See Post-Installation for detailed information.

NoteI

You can run the installer interactively using the values from your control file by using the following command:

./swinstall swinstall.dat -i

It is useful if you want to test or troubleshoot a control file that is intended to be used for an installation in silent mode.
8. Start iProcess Engine to make sure that it has been correctly installed.