Installing the standalone Collection Agent silently

This topic provides instructions for performing a silent installation of the standalone Collection Agent:

Before you begin

Ensure that you have completed the tasks in Preparing-for-installing-the-standalone-Collection-Agent.

Manually generate an options file with silent installation properties or make appropriate changes in the sample options file provided.

Using the sample options file for running the silent installation

Depending on your platform, you can use one of the following sample options files to perform the silent installation.

Windows	Linux
Sample options file for Windows.txt	Sample options file for Linux.txt

To be able to use the sample options file, you might need to first edit it and change certain property values. For example, you might need to change the value of the Collection Station host name before using the file directly. For more information about the properties, see Silent installation properties.

Generating an options file with silent installation properties

Use the following steps to generate a custom file with the appropriate silent installation properties:

Navigate to Start > Run > CMD and depending on your platform run the following command:
- Windows: setup.exe –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
- Linux: setup.bin –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
  In the preceding command syntax, pathToOptionsFile refers to the path including the name of the file into which you want to copy the silent installation properties.
  Note
  If the file name or path includes a space, then enclose the file path in double quotes.
Specify the required components (properties) for the silent installation and generate the file.
For more information, see Silent installation properties.