Customizing configuration file

Installation Types
EAServer and ASA/SQL Anywhere Path
EAServer Host Name, Port, Username and Password
Appeon Server Port, Username and Password
Web Server Path
Setup Log Path
Web Applications
Web Application Uninstall Program Path
Resource Language
SilentInstall.txt example

With Appeon Silent Installer, you can customize the installation program using the configuration file (SilentInstall.txt). The following is a detailed description of each parameter in the SilentInstall.txt file. Each parameter contains no default value.

Installation Types

Specify whether to install EAServer, Appeon Server and Appeon applications.

Table 48. Parameter for installing EAServer

Parameter	EAServer
Description	Specifies whether to install EAServer. If you do not want to install EAServer using this setup program, make sure that a supported EAServer was installed already.
Accepted Values	Yes -- Install EAServer. No -- Not to install EAServer, instead use an existing EAServer.
Default Value	None
Example	EAServer ="yes"

Table 49. Parameter for installing Appeon Server

Parameter	AppeonServer
Description	Specifies whether to install Appeon Server.
Accepted Values	Yes No
Default Value	None
Example	Appeon Server="yes"

Table 50. Parameter for installing Appeon Server EBF

Parameter	AppeonServerEBF
Description	Specifies whether to apply Appeon Server EBF.
Accepted Values	Yes No
Default Value	None
Example	Appeon Server EBF="yes"

Table 51. Parameter for installing Web Application

Parameter	WebApplication
Description	Specifies whether to install Web applications.
Accepted Values	Yes No
Default Value	None
Example	WebApplication="yes"

EAServer and ASA/SQL Anywhere Path

Specify the path of EAServer and ASA/SQL Anywhere. ASA/SQL Anywhere is required because Appeon Server has an ASA/SQL Anywhere database for storing the sensitive system data.

Table 52. Parameter for EAServer path

Parameter	EAServerPath
Description	If the EAServer parameter is set to "No", this specifies the path of an existing EAServer. The specified path will be validated. If the EAServer parameter is set to "Yes", this indicates where EAServer will be installed.
Accepted Values	A valid path
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerPath="C:\Program Files\Sybase\EAServer"

Table 53. Parameter for SAP ASA/SQL Anywhere path

Parameter	ASAPath
Description	Specifies the SAP ASA/SQL Anywhere installation path. The specified path will be validated.
Accepted Values	A valid path
Default Value	None
Example	ASAPath="C:\Program Files\Sybase\Shared\ASA802"

EAServer Host Name, Port, Username and Password

Specify the EAServer host name, port number, user name and password.

Table 54. Parameter for EAServer name

Parameter	EAServerName
Description	Specifies the IP address of EAServer.
Accepted Values	A valid IP address
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerName="localhost"

Table 55. Parameter for EAServer port

Parameter	EAServerPort
Description	Specifies the port number of EAServer.
Accepted Values	A valid port
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerPort="9000"

Table 56. Parameter for EAServer username

Parameter	EAServerUserName
Description	Specifies the user name to connect to EAServer.
Accepted Values	A valid user name on EAServer.
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerUserName="jagadmin"

Table 57. Parameter for EAServer password

Parameter	EAServerPassWord
Description	Specifies the password to connect to EAServer.
Accepted Values	A valid password for the current user name.
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerPassWord=""

Appeon Server Port, Username and Password

Specify the Appeon Server port number, user name and password.

Table 58. Parameter for Appeon Server port

Parameter	AppeonServerPort
Description	Specifies the HTTP port number of Appeon Server.
Accepted Values	A valid port If both EAServer and AppeonServer parameters are set to "Yes", port "9988" is the only available port that can be used.
Default Value	None
Example	AppeonServerPort="9988"

Table 59. Parameter for Appeon Server username

Parameter	AppeonServerUserName
Description	Specifies the user name for deploying an application to Appeon Server. This deployment user name can be created using the Security tool in AEM.
Accepted Values	A valid deployment user name on Appeon Server.
Default Value	None
Example	AppeonServerUserName=""

Table 60. Parameter for Appeon Server password

Parameter	AppeonServerPassWord
Description	Specifies the password for deploying an application to Appeon Server.
Accepted Values	A valid deployment password for the current user name.
Default Value	None
Example	AppeonServerPassWord=""

Web Server Path

Specify the Web root of the Web server.

Table 61. Parameter for Web server Web root

Parameter	WebServerRootPath
Description	Specifies the document root of the Web server. If the WebApplication parameter is set to "No", this parameter will not take effect. If the WebApplication parameter is set to "Yes", the specified document root will be validated.
Accepted Values	A valid path
Default Value	None
Example	WebServerRootPath="C:\Program Files\Sybase\EAServer\html"

Setup Log Path

Specify the log file path.

Table 62. Parameter for log file path

Parameter	LogPath
Description	Specifies the path for the setup log file (APBLog.txt).
Accepted Values	A valid path
Default Value	None
Example	LogPath="c:\log"

Web Applications

Specify the number of Web applications, application name, data source, transaction object and database type.

Table 63. Parameter for number of the Web applications

Parameter	WebApplications
Description	Specifies the number of Web applications that you want to install.
Accepted Values	Any number greater than zero
Default Value	None
Example	WebApplications="2"

If more than one application will be installed, create the following parameters through incrementing by "1", for example, "WebApplication2", "EAServerNVO2", "ConnectCache2" and "AEM2" for the second application, "WebApplication3", "EAServerNVO3", "ConnectCache3" and "AEM3" for the third application etc.

Table 64. Parameter for the Web application 1

Parameter	WebApplication1
Description	Specifies the actual name of the first Web application.
Accepted Values	An alphanumeric string
Default Value	None
Example	Examples for the first application: WebApplication1 = "appeon_sales_application_demo" Examples for the second application: WebApplication2 = "appeon_code_examples"

Table 65. Parameter for EAServer NVO 1

Parameter	EAServerNVO1
Description	Specifies whether to install NVO components.
Accepted Values	Yes No
Default Value	None
Example	EAServerNVO1="Yes"

To make data sources work on the target Appeon Server, be sure to install the required database drivers to the target Appeon Server. For more information on database drivers, refer to Database Connection Setup in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for .NET or in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for J2EE.

Table 66. Parameter for data source 1

Parameter	ConnectCache1
Description	Specifies whether to install data sources.
Accepted Values	0 -- Not to install data sources. 1 -- Install and overwrite existing data sources. 2 -- Install but not to overwrite existing data sources.
Default Value	None
Example	ConnectCache1="1"

Table 67. Parameter for AEM 1

Parameter	AEM1
Description	Specifies whether to install AEM settings.
Accepted Values	Yes No
Default Value	None
Example	AEM1="Yes"

Web Application Uninstall Program Path

Specify the directory for the Web application uninstall program. A shortcut for the uninstall program will be created in Windows Start menu.

Table 68. Parameter for the uninstall program path

Parameter	UninstallWebAppPath
Description	Specifies where the uninstall program for Web applications will reside.
Accepted Values	A valid path.
Default Value	None
Example	UninstallWebAppPath="C:\uninstallwebapp"

Resource Language

Specify the language of the messages displayed during the installation or uninstallation process.

Table 69. Parameter for the resource language

Parameter	Language
Description	Specifies the language of UI messages.
Accepted Values	EN -- English JP -- Japanese
Default Value	EN
Example	Language="EN"

SilentInstall.txt example

The following example shows a sample SilentInstall.txt file.

####################################################################

# Configure installation type: Yes or No

####################################################################

EAServer ="Yes"

Appeon Server="Yes"

Appeon Server EBF="Yes"

WebApplication="Yes"

####################################################################

# Enter the path of the EAServer installed or you want to install.

####################################################################

EAServerPath="C:\Program Files\Sybase\EAServer"

####################################################################

# Enter the ASA path

####################################################################

ASAPath=""C:\Program Files\Sybase\Shared\ASA802"

####################################################################

# Enter the Port, Username, and Password of EAServer

####################################################################

EAServerName="localhost"

EAServerPort="9000"

EAServerUserName="jagadmin"

EAServerPassWord=""

####################################################################

# Enter the Port, Username, and Password of Appeon Server

####################################################################

AppeonServerPort="9988"

AppeonServerUserName=""

AppeonServerPassWord=""

####################################################################

# Enter the Web root of Web server

####################################################################

WebServerRootPath="C:\Program Files\Sybase\EAServer\html"

####################################################################

# Enter the path of Setup Log: APBLog.txt

####################################################################

LogPath="c:\log"

####################################################################

# Enter the Web application number

####################################################################

WebApplications="1"

####################################################################

# Web Application Configuration

# ConnectCache:

# 0: not install

# 1: install, overwrite if exist

# 2: install, not overwirte if exist

# EAServerNVO: Yes or No

# AEM: Yes or No

####################################################################

WebApplication1="Web Application Name1"

EAServerNVO1="YES"

AEM1="YES"

ConnectCache1="1"

####################################################################

# Uninstall Path

####################################################################

UninstallWebAppPath = "C:\uninstallwebapp"

####################################################################

# Language

#[default] = "EN"

# "EN" English

# "JP" Japanse

####################################################################

Language="EN"

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