Installing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment using silent installation refers to using a file to supply installation options without user interaction. To configure the installation, change the options in the response file before you issue the installation command. Silent installation mode does not accept interactive installation options. To specify non-default options during a silent installation, you must use the response file. To install silently, you must accept the license agreement in the agreement option.
Before you begin
You can also install a customized
installation package (CIP) that includes IBM WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment and one or more maintenance packages and other customizations.
The Installation Factory must create a CIP before you can install the CIP.
See Developing and installing customized installation packages for more information about
creating a customized installation package (CIP).
This procedure also describes installing a CIP silently.
Why and when to perform this task
Use this procedure to perform a silent installation of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
A silent installation uses the Installation wizard to install the product in silent mode, without the graphical user interface. Instead of displaying a wizard interface, the silent installation causes the installation program to read all of your responses from a file that you provide.
Step for this task
See Customizing the response file.
The name of the original file is responsefile.nd.txt.
You must also create a profile for the Network Deployment product to create an operational environment. You can create a deployment manager profile, an application server profile, or a custom profile that becomes a managed node when you add the node into a deployment manager cell.
-silent
The -silent parameter is not required. If it exists in any of the files, the file cannot create a profile during a silent product installation.
If you use the Profile Creation wizard in silent mode, the additional parameter does not affect the creation of a profile. However, when the silent installation of the Network Deployment product attempts to call a silent profile response file, the parameter prevents the creation of the profile.
Result
The Installation wizard and the Profile Creation wizard record installation events in the following log files:
What to do next
Go to Installing the product and additional software to continue the installation and configuration of your system.
Related information
Installing the product and additional software