Performing the Presentation Server installation silently

You can install the TrueSight Presentation Server unattended (a silent installation), which requires no user interaction during installation. You can perform a silent installation, as described in this topic, or use the installation wizard.

The following files are used to configure the silent installation of Presentation Server:

(Windows) server-silent-options-windows.txt
(Linux) server-silent-options-linux.txt

These files are located in the Disk1 directory of the Presentation Server installation file structure.

The following topics are included:

Before you begin

Before you begin the silent installation, complete the following items:

Ensure that your system supports the system requirements.
Review the preinstallation tasks.
Complete the information in the installation worksheet. The default values used during the installation process are entered in the installation worksheet.
Prepare an encrypted password for the database and Atrium Single Sign-On server.

To configure the silent server installation

On the system where you want to install the Presentation Server, complete the following procedure:

Use a text editor to open the relevant server-silent-options.txt file.
Specify a valid installation directory for the Presentation Server:
-P installLocation=<directory>
The <directory> is the installation location, which must be empty. If the Windows path includes a space, enclose the path in quotation marks.
(Windows) -P installLocation="C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TrueSightPServer"
(Linux) -P installLocation=/opt/bmc/TrueSightPServerUnder the Installation Features section is the Presentation Server component name.
# Install TrueSight Presentation Server
-A featureTrueSightPServer
Under the Installer Configuration section, enter the TrueSight Server installation configuration information.
If required, change the default port numbers. Ensure that the port number you enter is available.
-J TrueSight_localhost_fqdn=
-J TrueSight_high_availability_enabled=0
-J TrueSight_high_availability_type=1
-J TrueSight_high_availability_server_pair_name=truesight
-J TrueSight_high_availability_primary_cache_port=7800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_primary_control_port=8800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_server_fqdn=
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_database_port=5432
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_cache_replication_port=7800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_control_port=8800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_configuration_file=
-J TrueSight_tomcat_http_port=80
-J TrueSight_tomcat_https_port=443
-J TrueSight_ElasticSearch_rest_port=9200
-J TrueSight_ElasticSearch_client_port=9300
-J TrueSight_cell_gateway_port=1900
-J TrueSight_database_username=
-J TrueSight_database_password=
-J TrueSight_database_confirm_password=
-J TrueSight_database_port=5432
-J TrueSight_sso_hostname=
-J TrueSight_sso_port=8443
-J TrueSight_sso_password=
Presentation Server configuration descriptions
Save and close the server-silent-options.txt file.

Example

The following example illustrates the settings of a silent installation configuration for the Presentation Server on a Windows operating system.

-P installLocation="C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TrueSightPServer"
-A featureTrueSightPServer
-J TrueSight_localhost_fqdn=system
-J TrueSight_high_availability_enabled=0
-J TrueSight_high_availability_type=1
-J TrueSight_high_availability_server_pair_name=truesight
-J TrueSight_high_availability_primary_cache_port=7800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_primary_control_port=8800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_server_fqdn=
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_database_port=5432
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_cache_replication_port=7800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_secondary_control_port=8800
-J TrueSight_high_availability_configuration_file=Config_File.txt
-J TrueSight_tomcat_http_port=80
-J TrueSight_tomcat_https_port=443
-J TrueSight_ElasticSearch_rest_port=9200
-J TrueSight_ElasticSearch_client_port=9300
-J TrueSight_cell_gateway_port=1900
-J TrueSight_database_username=admin
-J TrueSight_database_password=DES\:097133405e7ea7a6bcc58bbe70ece4c2
-J TrueSight_database_confirm_password=DES\:097133405e7ea7a6bcc58bbe70ece4c2
-J TrueSight_database_port=5432
-J TrueSight_sso_hostname=11.22.33.22
-J TrueSight_sso_port=8443
-J TrueSight_sso_password=DES\:097133405e7ea7a6bcc58bbe70ece4c2

To install the Presentation Server silently

In a command line, navigate to the Disk1 folder in the installation file structure.
Enter the following command:
- Windows
  setup.exe -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<Full File Path>\server-silent-options-windows.txt
- Linux
  ./setup.bin -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<Full File Path>/server-silent-options-linux.txt

Notes

If the installation fails, you must uninstall what has been installed before re-running the installation. For more information about the uninstall process, see Performing-the-Presentation-Server-uninstallation

The Presentation Server installation log files are located in the following directories:
- (Windows) C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\truesightpserver_install_log.txt
- (Linux) /tmp/truesightpserver_install_log.txt

Encrypting a password for silent Presentation Server installation

The Maintenance Tool enables you to create an encrypted password that the Presentation Server requires for importing a KeyStore. You must use an encrypted password so that the KeyStore password is not exposed in the server-silent-options.txt file.

You can run the Maintenance Tool in a GUI or from the command line interface (CLI).

To encrypt a password by using the Maintenance Tool in a GUI (click here to expand steps)

To open the Maintenance Tool, go to the temporaryDirectory/Disk1/utility directory.
The temporaryDirectory is the place where you downloaded the installation files.
Run the TrueSightPServerMaintenanceTool utility and click the Encrypt tab.
Enter your password in the Password and Confirm Password fields and click Encrypt.
Copy and paste the value from the Encrypted Password field to the server-silent-options.txt file for the TrueSight_database_password parameter.
For example, if the encrypted password output is DES\:d70cbe3669602717ce66af37cce7ecf0, modify the TrueSight_database_password parameter as follows:
-J TrueSight_database_password=DES\:d70cbe3669602717ce66af37cce7ecf0

To encrypt a password by using the Maintenance Tool in the CLI (click here to expand steps)

To open the Maintenance Tool, go to the temporaryDirectory\Disk1\utility directory.
The temporaryDirectory is the place to which you downloaded the installation files.
Run the following command, entering your password for the -password and -confirm_password options:
- Windows
  TrueSightPServerMaintenanceTool.cmd -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=<password> -confirm_password=<password>
- Linux
  ./{{code language="none"}}
  TrueSightPServerMaintenanceTool
  {{/code}}.sh -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=<password> -confirm_password=<password>
  Note
  For Linux installations, any password that includes special characters requires single quotation marks before and after the password. For example:
  ./{{code language="none"}}
  TrueSightPServerMaintenanceTool
  {{/code}}.sh -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password='<password>' -confirm_password='<password>'
Copy and paste the encrypted password output to the server-silent-options.txt file for your silent installation.
For example, if the encrypted password output is DES\:d70cbe3669602717ce66af37cce7ecf0, modify the TrueSight_database_password parameter as follows:
-J TrueSight_database_password= DES\:d70cbe3669602717ce66af37cce7ecf0

Post-installation tasks

Perform the following tasks after installing the Presentation Server:

If you want to install the Integration Service and administrator console software using Central Monitoring Administration, after downloading the Infrastructure Management installer files from EPD, manually copy the TSIMAdmin and the TSIMAgent folders from the installationDirectory\os directory in Infrastructure Management to the installationDirectory\BMCSoftware\TrueSightPServer\truesightpserver\modules\cma\download\<os_agent> directory in Operations Management. Otherwise, the installation files will not be visible in Central Monitoring Administration.
If you are upgrading from BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management to BMC TrueSight Presentation Server, you must import or copy the Central Monitoring Administration repository. This repository is the same for both Infrastructure Management 9.6 or 9.5 and the Presentation Server.
After you install the basic components of the Operations Management system, you must identify data providers as components in the Presentation Server. This connection enables the Presentation Server to receive data from its component parts. You can connect components as you add them, or when you finish adding all components.
Role-based user access to the features and components that comprise the BMC TrueSight Operations Management is enabled by persona-based authorization profiles. Each authorization profile is associated with one or more BMC Atrium Single Sign-On (SSO) Server realms and comprises user groups, roles and permissions, and objects. These authorization profiles determine the features and objects that users can access and monitor. You can use the default authorization profiles as is, or you can modify their attributes. If necessary, you can also create authorization profiles.