SQL Server 2012 Configuration File

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You can specify options using the SQL Server 2012 Configuration File.

[OPTIONS]

Specify the Instance ID for the SQL Server features you are specifying. The SQL Server directory structure, registry structure, and service names reflect the instance ID of the SQL Server instance.
```
INSTANCEID="MSSQLSERVER"
```
Specifies a Setup work flow, such as INSTALL, UNINSTALL, or UPGRADE. This is a required parameter.
```
ACTION="Install"
```
Specifies features to install, uninstall, or upgrade. The list of top-level features include SQL, AS, RS, IS, and Tools. The SQL feature will install the database engine, replication, and full-text. The Tools feature will install Management Tools, Books online, Business Intelligence Development Studio, and other shared components.
```
FEATURES=SQLENGINE,REPLICATION,FULLTEXT,AS,RS,BIDS,CONN,IS,BC,SDK,BOL,SSMS,ADV_SSMS,SNAC_SDK
```
Displays the command line parameters usage
```
HELP="False"
```
Specifies that the detailed Setup log should be piped to the console.
```
INDICATEPROGRESS="False"
```
Setup will not display any user interface.
```
QUIET="False"
```
Setup will display progress only without any user interaction.
```
QUIETSIMPLE="False"
```
Specifies that Setup should install into WOW64. This command line argument is not supported on an IA64 or a 32-bit system.
```
X86="False"
```
Specifies the path to the installation media folder where setup.exe is located.
```
MEDIASOURCE="E:\"
```
Specify if errors can be reported to Microsoft to improve future SQL Server releases. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
```
ERRORREPORTING="False"
```
Specify the root installation directory for native shared components.
```
INSTALLSHAREDDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server"
```
Specify the root installation directory for the WOW64 shared components.
```
INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server"
```

Specify the installation directory.

INSTANCEDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server"

Specify that SQL Server feature usage data can be collected and sent to Microsoft. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
```
SQMREPORTING="False"
```
Specify a default or named instance. MSSQLSERVER is the default instance for non-Express editions and SQLExpress for Express editions. This parameter is required when installing the SQL Server Database Engine (SQL), Analysis Services (AS), or Reporting Services (RS).
```
INSTANCENAME="MSSQLSERVER"
```
Agent account name
```
AGTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
```
Auto-start service after installation.
```
AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Manual"
```
Startup type for Integration Services.
```
ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
```
Account for Integration Services: Domain\User or system account.
```
ISSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService"
```
Name of the account that the Analysis Services service runs under.
```
ASSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
```
Controls the service startup type setting after the service has been created.
```
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
```
Collation to be used by Analysis Services.
```
ASCOLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AS"
```

Location for the Analysis Services data files.

ASDATADIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Data"

Location for the Analysis Services log files.

ASLOGDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Log"

Location for the Analysis Services backup files.

ASBACKUPDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Backup"

Location for the Analysis Services temporary files.

ASTEMPDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Temp"

Location for the Analysis Services configuration files.

ASCONFIGDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Config"

Specifies whether or not the MSOLAP provider is allowed to run in process.
```
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP="1"
```

Specifies the list of administrator accounts that need to be provisioned.

ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS="%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"

Startup type for the SQL Server service.
```
SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
```
Level to enable FILESTREAM feature at (0, 1, 2 or 3).
```
FILESTREAMLEVEL="0"
```
Set to "1" to enable RANU for SQL Server Express.
```
ENABLERANU="False"
```
Specifies a Windows collation or an SQL collation to use for the Database Engine.
```
SQLCOLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
```
Account for SQL Server service: Domain\User or system account.
```
SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
```

Windows account(s) to provision as SQL Server system administrators.

SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"

Specifies the authentication. The default is Windows Authentication. Use "SQL" for Mixed Mode Authentication.
```
SECURITYMODE="SQL"
```

Default directory for the Database Engine backup files.

SQLBACKUPDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup"

Default directory for the Database Engine user databases.

SQLUSERDBDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Data"

Directory for Database Engine TempDB files.

SQLTEMPDBDIR="D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Data"

Provision current user as a Database Engine system administrator for SQL Server 2008 Express.
```
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN="False"
```
Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the TCP/IP protocol.
```
TCPENABLED="0"
```
Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the Named Pipes protocol.
```
NPENABLED="0"
```
Startup type for Browser Service.
```
BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Disabled"
```
Specifies which account the report server NT service should execute under. When omitted or when the value is empty string, the default built-in account for the current operating system.The username part of RSSVCACCOUNT is a maximum of 20 characters long and the domain part of RSSVCACCOUNT is a maximum of 254 characters long.
```
RSSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
```
Specifies how the startup mode of the report server NT service.
- Manual - Service startup is manual mode (default).
- Automatic - Service startup is automatic mode.
- Disabled - Service is disabled
```
RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
```
Specifies which mode report server is installed in.
- Default value: ¦FilesOnly¦
```
RSINSTALLMODE="FilesOnlyMode"
```
Add description of input argument FTSVCACCOUNT
```
FTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
```