Silent installation properties

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. The installation properties are in the form of a prefix tag followed by a property name and value pair.

Prefix tags

The following table lists the prefix tags that precede the installation properties.

Property flag

Description

-J

Precedes Java properties

-P

Precedes directory properties

This topic lists the properties that you can include in the options file for content. The values that you assign to these properties determine the settings for the installation program.

To help you determine your property values, see the sample content options file templates.

When you use the silent installation to install content, the computer from which you run the installation program must have network access to the repository computer.

Note

If you have purchased the following solutions from BMC, see the system requirements and installation procedures for the predefined workflows in the solutions. Do not use the silent installation procedures on this page to install predefined workflows.

  • BMC Continuous Compliance for Network Automation
  • BMC Continuous Compliance for Server Automation
  • BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management
  • BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management without ITSM
  • BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management Triage and Remediation

The following table lists the installation properties for content options file.

Property name

Description and sample property

installLocation

Specifies the full path to the installation directory

Default value:

  • Windows: c:\Program Files\BMC Software\AO\content
  • UNIX: /opt/bmc/ao/content
-P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\AO\content

AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES

Used with the content installer, specifies to install all content for TrueSight Orchestration; does not include BSM Solution workflows.

-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=ALL

 

To specify the group of adapters to install, use one of the following values:

  • ALL: installs all base and application adapters
  • BASE or base-adapters: installs all base adapters but no application adapters
  • APP or application-adapters: installs all application adapters but no base adapter
-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=APP,adapter-http,adapter-jms

 

To specify the group of modules to install, use one of the following values:

  • ALL: installs all platform and task management modules
  • platform-modules: installs all platform modules
  • task-management-modules: installs all task management modules but no platform modules
  • run-book-modules: installs all run books
-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=platform-modules
-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=run-book-modules
-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=task-management-modules

 

To specify selected content, type the feature names, separated by a comma.

-J AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES=adapter-email,adapter-http,
adapter-jms,adapter-powershell,adapter-scripting,
adapter-snmp,adapter-sql,adapter-terminal,
adapter-windows-command,adapter-ws

For a complete list of valid features, see Sample-content-options-file-templates.

AO_CONTENT_INSTALL_TYPE

Specifies the types of content installed. For more information about installation types, see Installing-TrueSight-Orchestration-Content.

  • INSTALL_TYPE_CUSTOM: installs any combination of content
    Always specify this option unless you have purchased a BMC solution that requires one of the BMC solutions that requires a predefined workflow.
  • INSTALL_TYPE_SOLUTIONS: installs content based on predefined BSM solutions; the adapters integrate with other BMC products
    When you specify this option, you must also include the following properties:
    • INSTALL_REMEDY_ITSM_INTEGRATIONS: true or false
    • REMEDY_PORT_NUMBER: "0" for automatic port mapping, or you can use specific port number
    • REMEDY_HOSTNAME: DNS name or IP of the target Remedy ITSM system
    • REMEDY_USER_NAME: Remedy administrator user name
    • REMEDY_PASSWORD: Remedy user password
    • ITSM_AUTHORING_COMPANY: Support company name for imported templates
    • ITSM_AUTHORING_ORGANIZATION: Support organization name for imported templates
    • ITSM_AUTHORING_GROUP: Support group name for imported templates
-J AO_CONTENT_INSTALL_TYPE=INSTALL_TYPE_CUSTOM

AO_REPOSITORY_PROTOCOL

Specifies the protocol used to access the repository.

-J AO_REPOSITORY_PROTOCOL=http

AO_REPOSITORY_HOST

Specifies the host name of IP address for the repository. The value cannot be a loopback address

-J AO_REPOSITORY_HOST=111.11.111.111

AO_REPOSITORY_PORT

Specifies the port to access the repository

-J AO_REPOSITORY_PORT=28080

AO_REPOSITORY_USER_NAME

Specifies the user name required to log on.

-J AO_REPOSITORY_USER_NAME=admin

AO_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD

Specifies the password that corresponds to the user name.

Note

The password value is encrypted and is not stored in the installation log.

-J AO_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD=myPassword

Related topics

Sample-content-options-file-templates
Creating-an-options-file
Executing-a-silent-installation

 

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