You can install IBM® WebSphere® Presence
Server Component silently,
using a response file to supply installation options without user
interaction.
Before you begin
Configure the installation, by changing the values of the
parameters in the response file. This process is detailed in the topic Editing
the response file.
About this task
A silent installation uses the installation wizard to install
the product in silent mode, without the graphical user interface.
Instead of displaying a wizard interface, the silent installation
causes the installation program to read all of your responses from
a file that you provide. To specify non-default options during a silent
installation, you must use the response file. To install silently,
you must accept the license agreement in the agreement option.
- Log on to the operating system.
- Run the following command: chmod
755 installer_path/setup.bin, where installer_path is
the fully qualified path name where the setup.bin file
is located.
- Change (cd) to the installer_path directory.
- To use your custom response file,
issue the proper command in the installer directory. For example:
./setup.bin -i silent -f path
where path is
the fully qualified path to the custom response file, for example was_root/installableApps/presence/presenceServer_install.rsp. The setup script performs the installation.
- Optional: To review the installation logs,
navigate to was_root/logs/.
Note: was_root is
the installation root directory for
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment.
By default, this directory is:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
What to do next
If this installation was performed on the deployment manager
or on a federated node, perform the same operation on each node in
the cluster.
Use the primary configuration file, SystemConfiguration.xml,
if you would like to modify the default configuration before deploying
the Presence Server application. This file is found in the directory was_root/installableApps/presence/scripts/config.
(There is also a backup copy in was_root/logs.) For more information, refer to the Configuring
IBM WebSphere Presence Server Component section of this information
center.