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Unattended Installation

Unattended Installation Introduced

After you install a 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:

Unattended Installation Guidelines

Each 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:

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:

More information:

Administrative UI Installation Options

Reporting Properties File

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