Silent installation preference commands

Although you typically specify preferences using the Preferences window, you can also specify preferences (identified as keys) in a response file for use during a silent installation.
Note: You can specify more than one preference in a response file.

When you define preferences in a response file, your XML code will look similar to the following example:

<preference
	name = “the key of the preference"
	value = “the value of the preference to be set">
</preference>
Use the following table to identify keys and their associated values for silent installation preferences:
Key Value Notes
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.logLocation Specifies the location of Installation Manager log file.
Important: This key is optional and is designed for testing and debugging. If you do not specify a location for the log file, both silent installation and the UI version of Installation Manager will use the same location.
com.ibm.cic.license.policy.location Specifies a URL that defines where the remote license policy file resides. Not required for products that do not require an installed license.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyEnabled True or False Proxy servers enable connection to remote servers from behind the firewall. False is the default value. Use this option to enable an HTTP or SOCKS proxy. After the proxy is enabled, the proxy will be used for all server communications.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyHost Host name or IP address
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyPort Port number
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyUseSocks True or False Proxy servers enable connection to remote servers from behind the firewall. False is the default value. Enable this option so that you can specify a SOCKS proxy host address (required) and a SOCKS proxy port number (optional).
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyHost Host name or IP address  
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyPort Port number
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyEnabled True or False False is the default value. An FTP proxy is an application-level gateway for FTP. An FTP proxy securely forwards command and data streams between a client and server. This forwarding function is useful to firewalls and FTP masquerades. An FTP proxy also can fix connections to the FTP server and helps provide proxy authentication.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyHost Host name or IP address  
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyPort Port number  
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache c:\IBM\common (Windows)
/opt/IBM/common (Linux)
Note: The paths above are default values for this preference; typically, install packages provide their own values for this preference.
You cannot change this location if you have already installed a package.
com.ibm.cic.agent.core.pref.offering.service.repositories.areUsed True or False Change this preference to False to disable it. When this preference is set to True, all linked repositories will be searched when products are installed or updated.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts True or False Change this preference to False to disable it. When this preference is set to True, the files that are required to roll the package back to a previous version are stored on your system. When this preference is set to False, these files are not stored. If you do not store these files, you must connect to your original repository or media to roll back.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.repositoryLocations_EDITABLE True or False Use this preference to specify whether users can make changes to the repositories after the product is installed.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.directArtifactAccessMode True or False The default is False. Before Installation Manager begins the installation process, all required installation files are downloaded to the shared repository location. When this preference is set to True, Installation Manager accesses the installation files directly from the input repositories during the installation process instead of first downloading and verifying them.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates True or False The default is False. When this preference is set to True, Installation Manager searches for updates to itself before performing the silent installation.

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