You can include the parameters for your Application Engine installation in a silent
input file, and then run the installation from a command line.
Be sure that you have available
the Installation and Upgrade Worksheet that was completed during your
planning activities.
Important: In a high availability
environment, you must install
Application Engine on
all nodes in the application server configuration. Even in an application
server cluster configuration the
Application Engine provides
components that run outside of the application server such as the
Component Manager. These are only available through an
Application Engine installation.
To
install the
Application Engine software
silently:
- Open your completed Installation and Upgrade Worksheet
file.
Tip: In the worksheet file, verify
that the command is enabled.
To view only Content Engine values,
filter by AE Installer in the Installation
or Configuration Program column.
In a highly available environment,
mount the shared configuration directory from all nodes in the application
server configuration. When the location of the shared
configuration directory is decided, that directory must be mounted
and accessible from all servers in the application server configuration.
Also, ensure that the same directory path is used on all systems.
If the path on the first system is:
make sure this same path is available on all other systems.
(Highly available environments using IBM® WebSphere® Application Server or Oracle WebLogic Server) Verify that your application
farm or cluster configuration is running. Tip: JBoss Application Server deploys
applications on startup. There is no need to start the application
server until you have installed the application.
- Log on to the application server, as appropriate for your
operating system:
Option |
Description |
UNIX® |
Log on as a user with read, write, and execute access to
the directory where you plan to install Application Engine. |
Windows® |
Log on as a member of the local Administrators group or a
user with equivalent permissions. |
- Locate the IBM FileNet® P8 Application Engine 4.0.2 installation software
package, and copy the appropriate AE_silent_input.txt file
to a local directory.
- Follow the instructions in the silent input file to edit
the file to reflect the appropriate responses for your installation.
Use the values in your worksheet.
Important: If
you are modifying the silent input file to perform an upgrade from Application Engine 3.5 to Application Engine 4.0.2 you must modify all
instances of AE_install_path in the script as follows:
- UNIX
Change ../FileNet/AE to ../FileNet
- Windows
Change ..\FileNet\AE to ..\FileNet
Change ..\\Filenet\\AE to
..\\FileNet
- From a command prompt, navigate to and run the installer.
- UNIX
./P8AE-4.0.2.0-operating system.bin -options
path_to_edited_input_file/AE_silent_input.txt -silent
- Windows
P8AE-4.0.2.0-Win.exe -options
path_to_edited_input_file\AE_silent_input.txt -silent
- View the app_engine_install_log_4_0_2.txt file,
located in AE_install_path/AE/Logs.
Verify that no errors or failures were logged. Look for
the ERROR designation at the start of a line. Correct any errors before
you proceed.
In highly available environments, you
need to synchronize the UTCryptoKeyFile.properties file
across your Application Engine nodes. Each participating Application Engine server
must use the same encryption key file. Copy the UTCryptoKeyFile.properties file
installed on the first Application Engine server
in your farm to all the other servers in your farm.
For information,
see the FileNet P8 Developer Help topic .