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Unattended Installation

Unattended Installation Introduced

After you install a CA SiteMinder® component, you can install the component again using an unattended installation. An unattended installation lets you complete the installation without user interaction. You can use an unattended installation to install the following components:

• A Policy Server
• An Administrative UI
• A Report Server

Unattended Installation Guidelines

Each CA SiteMinder® component is associated with its own properties file or files. The following guidelines apply to all properties files. Review them before starting an unattended installation:

• Back up the default properties file before modifying it.
• Do not add extra spaces between a parameter name, the equal sign (=), and the parameter value.
• Save the file after you change it.
• Do not manually edit encrypted passwords. These passwords are encrypted for security reasons and cannot be edited in plain text. If you want to add plain text passwords, comment out the encrypted password parameter and uncomment the plain text reference.

Default Properties Files

Use a text editor to modify the parameters in a default properties file. The default parameters reflect the information that was entered during the initial installation.

Policy Server Properties File

The Policy Server properties file has the following default name and location:

Name

ca-ps-installer.properties

Location

policy_server_home\siteminder\install_config_info

policy_server_home

Specifies the Policy Server installation path.

Administrative UI Properties Files

Silently installing the Administrative UI requires only one properties file. The required file depends on the installation option you select. The available properties files have the following default names and locations:

• smwamui-installer.properties

  If you are installing to an existing application server infrastructure, use this file.

  Location

  admin_ui_home\siteminder\adminui\install_config_info

  admin_ui_home

  Specifies the Administrative UI installation path.

• prerequisite-installer.properties

  If you are installing using the stand-alone installation option, use this file.

  Note: This file is only available if the Administrative UI was previously installed using the stand-alone installation option.

  Location

  admin_ui_home\siteminder\adminui\install_config_info

  admin_ui_home

  Specifies the Administrative UI installation path.

More information:

Administrative UI Installation Options

Reporting Properties File

Installing CA SiteMinder® reporting silently requires a response file for the Report Server and a response file for the CA SiteMinder® Report Server Configuration Wizard. These files have the following names and default locations:

• cabiresponse.ini

  Use this file to install the Report Server.

  Default location: report_server_home\CA\SC\CommonReporting3

  report_server_home

  Specifies the Report Server installation path.

• reportserver_config_installer.properties

  Use this file to install the CA SiteMinder® reporting templates.

  Default location: report_server_home\CommonReporting3\install_config_info

  report_server_home

  Specifies the Report Server installation path.