A silent installation is an installation procedure that continues without user interaction. It requires no user intervention from start to finish. This installation is performed using a user-modifiable response file, which enables you to easily duplicate the installation on many computer systems.

Table 1. Variables Property and Description
Property Description
USER_INSTALL_DIR Install directory for cAPI.
ADMIN_PORT Admin Port: cAPI admin port.
LISTENER_PORT Listener Port: cAPI client port, where cAPI listens incoming request.
VIDM_HOST_NAME

VIDM Host Name.

example: identitymanager.eng.vmware.com.

VIDM_IP_ADDRESS VIDM IP Address (example: 127.0.0.1)
VIDM_PORT VIDM Port.
ES_PROTO

Choose the protocol for communication.

For https communication ensure that "esdb.crt" certificate is available on "/opt/ssl".

For https set ES_PROTO to "https".

For http set ES_PROTO to "http".

ES_ADDRESS

Elastic Search IP Address.

For Elastic search cluster, please use the comma separated IP/fqdn/hostname in the format:

<IP-ADDRESS/FQDN/HOSTNAME>:<PORT>.

ES_USER_NAME Elastic Search User Name.
ES_PASSWORD Elastic Search Password.
EVENTSTORE_IP_ADDRESS EventStore IP Address.
EVENTSTORE_PORT EventStore Port.
CLIENT_ID Client ID.
Note: Client registration configuration. ClientID and Secret is onetime configuration of an Oauth2 client that supports password grant on vIDM.
SECRET Secret.

Prerequisites

Create a configuration file for the installer to execute the installation. To create configuration file:

  1. Copy the sample configuration file from the distribution cAPI-installer.properties to a directory on the server where you are installing cAPI.

  2. Use any editor (vi/vim) to modify this file.

  3. Define each of the properties in this file, according to Table - Variables Property and Description.
  4. Save the changes to the file.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the server as root.
  2. Type bash cAPI-install.bin –f <response file location> -i silent and press Enter.
    Note: Any user interaction is not required for this installer. Once it completes, a message displays indicating that installation is completed, and you are returned to the shell prompt. If the installer is unable to complete the installation, an error message is saved in the [Product directory]/cAPI_logs.