Silent installation properties
This topic describes the options that you can specify in a silent installation options file. The silent installation options file is a text file that defines the type of installation, the components to install, the installation location, and the configuration settings for the components. You specify installation properties in the form of a prefix tag followed by a property name and value pair. See the following sample options file for installing the product.
Prefix tags
The following table lists the prefix tags that precede the installation properties.
Prefix tags for silent installation properties
Property flag | Description |
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-J | Precedes Java properties |
-P | Precedes directory properties |
-A | Precedes application features |
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Note
You must encrypt the password for each of the password properties. You can use run the BRPMMaintenanceTool.cmd tool packaged with the solution for encrypting passwords. This tool is located in the RLMhome\Disk1\utility directory.
Property name | Required? | Description |
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New installation | ||
-P installLocation | Yes | Specifies the full path to the installation directory. Default value:
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Feature selection | ||
Any combination | Yes, at least one | Specifies the features that you want to install. You can install the BMC Release Package and Deployment product. Installation of the Deployment Engine and the PostgreSQL database are optional. The -A lines specify any combination of the following features:
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Migration information for BMC Release Package and Deployment (Only supported when migrating from version 4.3.00 to a later version) | ||
| No | Specifies whether to migrate from an earlier version of BMC Release Package and Deployment to the later version. Default value:
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JRE information | ||
| Yes | Specifies whether the JRE bundled with the product must be installed or not for BMC Release Process Management.
Note: If you want to use JRE that is installed on your computer, specify the |
| No* | Specifies the path for the JRE on your computer BMC Release Process Management. Note: This property is required only if you want to use JRE installed on your computer ( Example: |
Installation type | ||
-J BMC_BRPM_INSTALL_TYPE | Yes | Specifies whether you perform the installation as a root or as a normal user.
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HTTP/HTTPS port information | ||
-J BMC_Q_HTTP_PORT | Yes | Specifies the HTTP port on which the Apache server for the BMC Release Package and Deployment component product runs. Example: |
-J Q_USE_HTTPS | No | Specifies whether to enable SSL settings for the Apache server for BMC Release Package and Deployment. Note: If you want to use SSL for your Apache server, the following properties are required:
To use SSL, enter Leave this property blank to use HTTP. Example: |
-J BMC_Q_HTTPS_PORT | No* | Specifies the HTTPS port for BMC Release Package and Deployment. Note: This property is required only if you use SSL for your Apache server ( Example: |
-J BMC_Q_PRIVATE_KEY | No* | Specifies the path to the private key for the BMC Release Package and Deployment. Note: This property is required only if you use SSL for your Apache server ( Example: |
-J BMC_Q_CERTIFICATE_FILE | No* | Specifies the path to the certificate file for BMC Release Package and Deployment. Note: This property is required only if you use SSL for your Apache server ( Example: |
-J BMC_Q_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD | No* | Specifies the password used to generate the private key for BMC Release Package and Deployment. Note: This property is required only if you use SSL for your Apache server ( Example: |
Superuser information | ||
| Yes | Specifies the first name for the superuser. Example: |
| Yes | Specifies the last name for the superuser. Example: -J BMC_SUPERUSER_LASTNAME=Administrator |
| Yes | Specifies the email ID of the superuser. Example: |
| Yes | Specifies the superuser's login ID, used for the first login. Example: |
| Yes | Specifies the encrypted password corresponding to the superuser's login ID. Examples:
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Database information | ||
-J BMC_DB_TYPE | Yes | Specifies the database that you want to use. You can specify one of the following values:
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| Yes | Specifies the computer name or the IP address of the server where your database is installed. Example: |
| Yes | Specifies the port of the server that you used for installing your database. Example: PostgreSQL: |
| Yes | Specifies the database name or SID for the BMC Release Package and Deployment database.
Example: |
| Yes | Specifies the user name of the database instance that you used while creating it at the time of the database installation. This property is related to the BMC Release Package and Deployment installation. Example: |
-J BMC_Q_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD | Yes | Specifies the encrypted password of the database instance that you used while creating it at the time of the database installation. This property is related to the BMC Release Package and Deployment installation. Example: |
Email notification information | ||
| Yes | Specifies whether you want to use email notification settings for the BMC Release Lifecycle Management or not. Set the value of this property:
Note: If you want to receive email notifications, set values for the following properties:
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| No* | Specifies the fully qualified name or the IP address of the SMTP server used for sending emails. Note: This property is required if you configure to receive email notifications ( Example: |
| No* | Specifies the SMTP server port. Note: This property is required if you configure to receive email notifications ( Example: |
| No* | Specifies the SMTP domain name in email notification address. Note: This property is required if you configure to receive email notifications ( Example: |
| No* | Specifies the authentication mechanism used for your SMTP service. Note: This property is required if you configure to receive email notifications ( Set one of the following values:
Example: |
| No* | Specifies the user name used to connect to the SMTP server. Note: This property is required under following conditions:
Example: |
| No* | Specifies the encrypted password used to connect to the SMTP server. Note: This property is required under following conditions:
Example: |
| No* | Specifies whether your SMTP server requires a secure connection and is using TLS or not.
Note: This property is required if you configure to receive email notifications ( Example: |
Other properties | ||
-J BMC_DEPLOYMENT_ | No | Specifies the list of action packs that you plan to manage in BMC Release Package and Deployment. Example:
-J BMC_DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PACKS_LIST=Amazon, GlassFish_3,JBoss_6, Apache_2,Blade,Hyper_V,JetBrains, WebSphere_6,Atlassian, Tomcat_7,WebSphere_7,BMA,DB2,IIS_7,MySQL_5, VMware,WebSphere_8, SharePoint_2007,TFS,VSS,nsh,BizTalk_2009,Git |
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