This topic describes the response file for performing a silent installation of the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere® Application Server.
Install the product silently using an options response file.
The responsefile.txt file has directives that set installation options. Comments in the file describe how to set the string value for each directive.
Use the options file to run the Plug-ins installation wizard in silent mode, which is referred to as installing silently. The wizard reads the options file to determine responses and does not display the graphical user interface.
The sample options response file is named responsefile.txt. The file is in the plugin directory on the product media or in the downloaded installation image.
The Plug-ins installation wizard can read an existing options response file and run silently without displaying the graphical user interface.
The options file supplies the values to the plug-ins installation wizard when installing silently. The wizard reads the options file to determine responses and does not display the graphical user interface. Use the following command to use a copy of the options file named myresponsefile.txt for a silent installation:
install -options myresponsefile.txt
The sample options response file, responsefile.txt, controls installing the binary plug-ins, configuring the Web server, and creates a script for creating the Web server definition on a remote application server machine. The script is customized according to values supplied in the responsefile.txt file. The script is generated to run on the application server machine to create the Web server definition.
If the Web server is on the same machine as a standalone application server, the responsefile.txt file can create the Web server definition directly without creating a script.
If no installation logs exist, refer to temporary log file, log.txt in your <userhome>/plglogs directory. You can also cause ISMP to record status about a problem that is preventing the installation from occurring, as described in the following section.
For example, if you start the silent installation without accepting the license in the -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="false" directive, the installation does not occur. The fact that the license entry was not accepted is recorded in log.txt in the <userhome>/plglogs directory.
If any response file validation results in a failure, the failure is listed in the plglogs file, then the installation fails.
If no SDK is specified, IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 32 bit will be selected by default, if it is installed. If IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 32 bit is not installed, IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 64 bit will be selected. If IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 32 bit and IBM Technology for JDK 6 - 32 bit are not installed, IBM Developer Kit for Java 1.6 will be selected. If no valid SDKs are installed, the installation will fail.
Validation of the response file has been coded into the installation. If response file validation does not pass, the failure is recorded in the temporaryPluginInstallLog.txt file.