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Silent Install Option for the Management Console on Windows

The silent install uses a response file to install the Management Console and your chosen database as a normal console or in a distributed environment as a primary or secondary console.

The user-generated response file you create contains the keywords and values that would normally be entered during an interactive installation. Using a response file, the installation can proceed without user input.

To perform a silent installation of the Management Console on Windows, run the following command:
winbfconsole-<version>.exe /response_file=<file_name>
Create a response file that contains the following keywords and values. The file can be an ASCII.txt file or an XML file. The syntax for the response file is as follows:
Keyword Value
accept_license

Enter y or yes to indicate acceptance of the product license agreement.

This value is required for all console types.

install_path

Enter the full installation directory path.

The default (recommended) installation directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Build Forge.

This value is required for all console types.

license_host

Enter the host name or IP address (IPv4 only) for the Rational License Server.

If you do not know the host name and plan to provide it later, do not leave this field blank. Enter any character or value in this field. Leaving this field blank may result in an incomplete and unusable product.

This value is required for all console types.

console_type

Enter normal (the default) as the console type. If you do not provide a value, normal is used. The values are:

<normal | primary | secondary>

The primary and secondary settings are for distributed console environments only.

db_host

Enter or the host name (or alias localhost) or IP address (or alias 127.0.0.1) for the Management Console machine. The IP address may be an IPv4 or IPv6 address as appropriate for the machine where the database runs.

This value is required for all console types.

db_type

Enter the database type you intend to use for the Management Console host. The values are:

<mysql | oracle | db2 | sybase | sqlserver | supplied>

Supplied refers to the DB2 Express database that the installer supplies and installs and configures for you.

Review required database setup in Pre-Installation Setup.

This value is required for all console types.

db_database

Enter the name of the database created for console use.

db_username

Enter the database user name.

Create this name before you run the installer. For DB2 and DB2 Express, create a user in Windows (not in DB2).

For the other database types, you create a database user name.

See Pre-Installation Setup.

This value is required for all console types.

db_password

Enter the password that you created for the database user name.

This value is required for all console types.

http_server_port

Enter the HTTP port (the default is 80). If you do not provide a value, normal is used.

If port 80 is not available or you require a different port, specify a different port number.

This value is required for all console types.

gdd_location_name
Enter a location name for the console. The location name is displayed in the user interface when you log in.
  • normal - optional
  • primary - optional
  • secondary - required (used in projects to designate which console to run on)
master_db_database

For the secondary console only, enter the database name created for primary console use.

master_db_host

For the secondary console only, enter the database host name for the primary console.

The host name must be an absolute IP address or hostname, not an alias.

master_db_type

For the secondary console only, enter the database type for the primary console.

<mysql | oracle | db2 | sybase | sqlserver >

master_db_username

For the secondary console only, enter the database user name for the primary console.

master_db_password

For the secondary console only, enter the password for the database user name for the primary console.