FileNet P8 Application Engine, Version 5.0.+              

Installing Application Engine silently

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.

High availability 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:
  1. Open your completed Installation and Upgrade Worksheet file.
    Tip: In the worksheet file, verify that the Data > Filter > AutoFilter command is enabled. To view only Content Engine values, filter by AE Installer in the Installation or Configuration Program column.
  2. High availability 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:
    • //home/AE/Config
    make sure this same path is available on all other systems.
  3. High availability (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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

    High availability Note: In high availability environments, specify the location to hold the Application Engine shared configuration data. For Content Engine configuration, make sure to specify the proper Content Engine URLs following the format and examples shown in Content Engine in an application server cluster by using EJB transport.
  7. 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
  8. 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.

  9. High availability 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 Developing IBM FileNet applications > Workplace Development > Workplace Customization Guide > User Tokens > Configuring Applications to Use Tokens.



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