Silent installation process
- Last Updated: April 21, 2022
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- Hybrid Data Pipeline
- Version 5.0
- Documentation
A silent installation may be preferred when automating the installation of one or more Hybrid Data Pipeline servers. The silent installation process hinges on the creation of a response file. The response file is a text file that you create (for example, installer.properties) with the product installer. After you generate the response file, it must be tailored to your environment. Once tailored, you can then perform the silent installation.
If you are using the silent installation process to deploy Hybrid Data
Pipeline behind a load balancer, the response file generated during the initial
installation must be modified to install the server on any additional nodes. For a GUI
generated response file, you will need to designate the name of an additional node with
the D2C_HOSTNAME option. For a console generated
response file, you will need to designate the name of an additional node with the
D2C_HOSTNAME_CONSOLE option.
A silent installation may include the general following steps:
- If you are using environment variables to specify system database and server credentials, then you must begin by setting these environment variables. See Using environment variables for server and system database credentials.
- You must create a response file using the installer as described in either of the following topics. Note that an installation of the server occurs when using the installer to generate a response file.
- You must edit the response file to suit your environment. Response files differ depending on whether you generate them using the installer in GUI mode or console mode. Editing the response file is described in the following topics:
- You must perform the silent installation using the response file as described in Performing a silent installation.