Installing Celtix Enterprise in Silent Mode

Overview

The installer's silent mode is intended for use in installing on remote machines. It is also useful in cases when you do not wish the person installing Celtix Enterprise to change any of the installation options. You can customize how Celtix Enterprise is installed by providing an installer.properties file specifying the options you wish to install.

Running the installer

To install Celtix Enterprise using the silent install mode do the following:

If you do not want a default installation, create an installer.properties file that specifies how you want Celtix Enterprise installed.

You can create an installer.properties file in one of two ways:
- Save it when running the installer in either GUI or console mode.
- Create a new one using a text editor. See Table 2.4, “Installer Properties” for the possible entries.

Run the installer using the following command:

Windows

                
                  celtix-1.1-enterprise-Windows -i silent [-f installer.properties]

*NIX

                
                  sh celtix-1.1-enterprise-GenericUnix -i silent [-f installer.properties]

The -f argument instructs the installer to load the specified properties file. If you do not use this argument, the installer will silently perform a default installation.

Silent installation properties

Table 2.4, “Installer Properties” shows the properties you can set and there possible values.

Table 2.4. Installer Properties

Property	Values	Description
USER_INSTALL_DIR	The full path to the top-level directory of the installation.	Specifies the directory into which Celtix Enterprise will be installed.
CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST	A comma separated list containing one or more of `CXF`, `Containers`, `Servlet`, `Spring`, `JBI`, `Router`, `AMQP`, `STP`	Specifies a list of features to be installed.
SET_PATH	`Set now`(default) or `Do not set now`	Specifies if the Celtix Enterprise runtime tools are added to your `PATH`.
SILENT_ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT	`true` or `false`(default)	Specifies if the installer can accept the license agreement without prompting.
JDK_HOME	The full path to the Java VM to which Celtix Enterprise will use.	Specifies the location of the Java VM to which the Celtix Enterprise scripts will set `JAVA_HOME`.
INSTALLER_UI	`silent`, `gui`(default), or `console`	Specifies the mode in which the installer runs.
USER_INPUT_SAVE_PROPERTIES_YES_NO	`Yes`(default) or `No`	Specifies if you want to save a properties file with the options used by the installer.

Example installer properties file

Example 2.1, “Installer Properties File” shows a sample installer.properties file.

Example 2.1. Installer Properties File

 USER_INSTALL_DIR=/home/iona/
 CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=CXF,Spring,STP
 SET_PATH=
 SILENT_ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true
 JDK_HOME=/opt/jdk1.5.0_06
 INSTALLER_UI=silent
 USER_INPUT_SAVE_PROPERTIES_YES_NO=No

The properties file shown in Example 2.1, “Installer Properties File” tells the installer to do the following:

	Install Celtix Enterprise into `/home/iona`.
	Install Celtix Advanced Service Engine, the light-weight container, and the GUI tools.
	Do not add the Celtix Enterprise tools to `PATH`.
	Accept the license file without prompting.
	Use the Java VM installed as part of the Java 5 JDK.
	Run silent.
	Do not save a properties file.