Use the silent installation feature of IBM® Installation Manager to complete new installations
of Rational® Adapter for
Git unattended. Edit a provided response file such that it contains
the commands and inputs that you want for your software installation.
Alternatively, create a response file by recording your actions in IBM Installation Manager.
Before you begin
Complete these tasks before you install the adapter software:
Important: If Installation Manager is already
installed and repository connections require authentication, a keyring
file is required to store the credentials for those URLs. For more
information about creating a keyring file, see
Store credentials.
About this task
The response file is an XML document that is used when you
run a silent installation. You can edit the provided response file
to match your installation preferences. Alternatively, you can create
a response file by recording your actions in IBM Installation Manager. For more information
about recording a response file, see
Record a response file with Installation Manager.
Procedure
- Determine the target package group ID used to install the Jazz Team Server.
- Start Installation Manager.
- Click .
- Find the installed package named IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
- Note the name of the package.
- Close Installation Manager.
- Stop the Jazz Team
Server if it is running on an Apache Tomcat application server.
- This sample response file is intended for installing the
adapter: silent-install.xml.
Edit the response file ExtractedDir\GIT\disk1\silent-install.xml
Edit the response file ExtractedDir/GIT/disk1/silent-install.xml
- Change the value of the <offering id='com.ibm.rational.oslc.adapter.git"
profile="IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management" features="main.feature"/> profile
property to the package name for IBM Collaborative
Lifecycle Management.
For example, <offering
id='com.ibm.rational.oslc.adapter.git" profile="IBM Collaborative
Lifecycle Management_2" features="main.feature"/>
- Save the response file.
For more information
about response files, see Response files.
- Use the response file that you edited. Change to the tools
directory that contains the imcl command.
- If Installation Manager is already installed, then install
the adapter by using the imcl command from the
Installation Manager tools directory. For more
information about installing packages from the Installation Manager tools directory,
see Install packages by using imcl.
- If Installation Manager is not installed, then install the
adapter by using the imcl command from the adapter tools directory.
Change to one of the following subdirectories that contains the Installation
Manager command for your platform:
ExtractedDir\GIT\disk1\InstallerImage_win32.win32.x86\tools
ExtractedDir/GIT/disk1/InstallerImage_linux.gtk.x86/tools
- Install the Rational Adapter
for Git by using a command line.
Important: The
response file contains an example command-line invocation that uses
the -acceptLicense argument. Before you attempt
a command-line installation, review the license agreement that is
included in the /license directory at the top
level of the media package. Use the -acceptLicense argument
on the command line to indicate acceptance of this license agreement.
- Start the JTS server if its running on an Apache Tomcat
application server.
Results
The adapter is installed into an existing Jazz Team Server.
What to do next
Complete the post installation tasks, see
Postinstallation tasks.