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Run the Unattended Policy Server Installer

After you have installed the Policy Server on one system, you can reinstall it or install it on another system using an unattended installation mode. An unattended installation lets you install or uninstall the Policy Server without user interaction.

The installer provides a properties template (nete–ps–installer.properties) file that lets you pre–define installation variables. The default parameters, passwords, and paths in this file reflect the information you entered during the initial Policy Server installation.

In this file, you can either store encrypted or plain text passwords. If you are using encrypted passwords, for example, a shared secret or SiteMinder super user password, use the same values entered during the initial Policy Server installation. These passwords are encrypted in the file and cannot be modified. However, you can use plain text passwords by modifying the file.

The nete-ps-installer properties file is located in the siteminder_home/install_config_info directory.

siteminder_home

Specifies the Policy Server installation path.

To run the installer in the unattended installation mode

1. Modify the nete-ps-installer properties file with the settings you want.
2. From a Policy Server host system, copy the nete-ps-6.0-sp6-os.bin and nete-ps-installer.properties files to a temporary location, such as /tmp. Be sure that the UNIX user has the appropriate permissions to install from this directory.

   Note: To reinstall the Policy Server on the same system, copy these files to /tmp. To install the Policy Server on another system, copy these files to /tmp on that system.

3. From the /tmp directory, run the following command:

   ./nete-ps-6.0-sp6-os.bin -f nete-ps-installer.properties -i silent
   

   os

   Specifies sol, rhel30, or hp.

The installer prompts that it is starting in unattended mode. When installing the Policy Server, the installer uses the parameters specified in the nete-ps-installer properties file. The -i silent setting instructs the installer to run in this unattended mode.

To stop the installation manually, press Ctrl + C.

To verify that the unattended installation completed successfully, see the CA_SiteMinder_Policy_Server_v6.0_SP6_InstallLog.log file in the siteminder_home/install_config_info directory. This log file contains the results of the installation.

More Information:

Configure Installation for Unattended Mode