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Silent Command-Line Installation

Let's suppose you have several computers around the world on which you want to install EFT Server. You can provide to each of the remote sites an installation file with a batch file (e.g., on a disk), then ask a local administrator to execute the batch file, which will install EFT Server. The script silently installs/upgrades EFT Server without any interaction on the part of the administrator. The installer logging functionality can be used to verify the outcome and diagnose potential issues. (See also Command Line Login.)

An example of the batch file is described below. Your installation path and the application data folder location may be different than the default, in which case you would have to specify that in the batch file. (If you are installing at the default path, you do not have to specify a path.) Refer to Command-Line Parameters below for details of the parameters.

Command line usage:

installer.exe /S /USERNAME= /PASSWORD= [/APPDATA=] [/D=]

/S = silent installation

/USERNAME = administrator user name

/PASSWORD = administrator password

Optional parameters examples:

/APPDATA = appdata path

(default = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise)

/INSTALL_SQLEXPR =(y/n, Y/N)

/NOAUTOSTART = If present, service will not automatically start when installation is complete

/D = installation folder

(default = C:\Program Files\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise)

New install – No Sample Database

This path will instruct the installer to install the EFT Server.

• Required Parameters

• • /S

  • /USERNAME=<username>

  • /PASSWORD=<password>

• Optional Parameters

• • /D=<path>

  • /debug

  • /aionly

  • /CLUSTERNODE=<option>

  • /APPDATA=<DATA_PATH>

  • /NOAUTOSTART

Administration interface-only install

This path will instruct the installer to install the administration interface without installing EFT Server. This is useful if you want to do remote administration of EFT Server. (This path is only applicable when the Server is not installed.)

• Required Parameters

• • /S

  • /aionly

• Optional Parameters

• • /D=<path> -- If used, this must be the last parameter used in the command line and must not contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute paths are supported

  • /debug

Batch file examples:

• If you are installing EFT Server Enterprise without a database at the default path:

eftserver-ent-nodb.exe /S /USERNAME=test /PASSWORD=test

• If you are installing EFT Enterprise at the default path with SQL Express:

eftserver-ent.exe /S /USERNAME=test /PASSWORD=test /INSTALL_SQLEXPR=y

Command-Line Parameters

The installer supports specification of the following command line parameters. When running the installer in silent mode, using the /S switch, these parameters are used to specify both the required and optional values as detailed further in the “Silent Installation" subsection below.

Parameter Definitions

• /S

• • Description: Initiates a silent installation.

  • Default: The installer defaults to graphical user interface mode.

  • Example: /S

• /D=<path>

• • Description: The installation directory. Quotes should be used for paths containing spaces.

  • Default:

  • • Enterprise - C:\Program Files\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise

    • Base - C:\Program Files\Globalscape\EFT Server

  • Example: /InstallDirectory=D:\Applications\EFT Server

• /debug

• • Description: Enables logging to the Windows system debug log. This log may be viewed in real time using tools such as DebugView that is part of the SysInternals Suite from Microsoft.

  • Default: Disabled by default

  • Example: /debug

• /aionly

• • Description: Do not install the full server. Install only the files needed for the administration interface.

  • Default: The installer deploys both the administration interface and EFT Server by default

  • Example: /aionly

• /CLUSTERNODE=<option>

• • Description: This install will be part of a clustered install

  • Options:

  • • 1 – This is the primary

    • 2 – This is not the primary

  • Default: Default installations are non-clustered

  • Example: /CLUSTERNODE=1

• /APPDATA=<DATA_PATH>

• • Description: Use an alternate location for EFT Server application data

  • Default: EFT Server usually writes application data to the OS standard location

  • • Enterprise

    • • Win2k8: C:\ProgramData\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise

      • Win2k3: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Globalscape\EFT Server Enterprise

    • Base

    • • Win2k8: C:\ProgramData\Globalscape\EFT Server

      • Win2k3: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Globalscape\EFT Server

  • Example: /APPDATA=C:\EFTData

• /USERNAME=<username>

• • Description: The username to use for the initial administration account.

  • Default: None

  • Example: /USERNAME =EFTAdmin

• /PASSWORD="<password>"

• • Requirements: Must be used in conjunction with the /USERNAME switch

  • Description: The password to use for the initial administration account.

  • Default: None

  • Example: /PASSWORD=wkBG2YxgzBpR

• /NOAUTOSTART

• • Description: Skips launching of the EFT Server Windows service that typically occurs at the end of installation, reinstallation, upgrade, or database settings modification.

  • Default: Service automatically starts on new installs

  • Example: /NOAUTOSTART

• /INSTALL_SQLEXPR=<option>

• • Description: Whether to install the bundled MSSQL Express Installer

  • Options:

  • • Y – Install the bundled MSSQL Express

    • N – Do not install the bundled MSSQL Express

  • Prerequisites: Can only be used with EFT Server installs that contain a bundled MSSQL Express installer.

  • Example: /INSTALL_SQLEXPR=Y

• /NOREQS

• • Description: If specified, the installer will skip checking of the common prerequisites that occurs during initial installer launch. This setting is mainly used for debugging purposes or when the checks have errors that are preventing a valid install in the field.

  • • Check #1 - Check for Minimum OS

    • Check #2 - Check if user currently has admin privs

    • Check #3 - Check if DMZ is installed

    • Check #4 - As of EFT 6.5 Unicode DotNet 4.0 FULL is a requirement

    • Check #5 - EFT is of two prior versions

  • Default: The common prerequisites will be checked by default

  • Example: /NOREQS

• /logfile="<file>"

• • Description: Log installation messages to the specified file (this is in addition to the internal log that is always created by the installer). Quotes should be used for paths containing spaces.

  • Default: None

  • Example: /logfile=C:\Temp\EFTInstall.log