To install EventSentry with the installer, simply run the downloaded installer package, for example eventsentry_v6_0_1_62_windows_setup.exe. The following optional components are available:
Help
Installs the complete documentation as well as additional guides on the local computer in HTML format. Additional formats are also available on the product web site at https://www.eventsentry.com/support/documentation.
Built-In Database
EventSentry supports different databases, including the default PostgreSQL database that ships with the product. Select this component to install an instance of PostgreSQL on the local computer (recommended).
When selecting this component, the following options are available:
Folder: |
Specify where the database will be stored. Select a drive/directory with sufficient space. |
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Firewall: |
Specify whether setup should add a firewall rule to allow incoming traffic to the local database (port 5432). Generally not required when using the collector. |
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Admin Password: |
Specify the password for the administrative postgres user. It is highly recommended that you choose a secure password. |
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Choose a secure password for the administrative postgres user, it has full access to all data. |
Web Reports
The web reports are the reporting interface to the database. The web reports can either be installed as part of the setup or installed separately (e.g. to install them on a different host). When this box is checked then the web reports will be installed as part of the main installation (default).
Port: |
Specify the default port the web reports will run under (8080 by default) |
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Service Port: |
Specify the service port the web reports will use. This port is only accessible on the local machine (8081 by default) |
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Firewall: |
Specify whether setup should add a firewall rule to allow incoming traffic to the web reports (port 8080 by default) |
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When the installation is complete, the Configuration Assistant will be launched and customize the default installation. It will setup the default email notification, finalize the database setup and allow you to configure Syslog, SNMP and other features. |
Unattended Installation
The main EventSentry installation can be installed in unattended mode without any user interaction. The following applies in unattended mode:
•All above listed components are selected by default (see below)
•Email notifications are disabled by default (can be enabled later)
•Heartbeat Monitor, Network Services & Collector are installed
•ADMonitor is not installed
•The license file must be named eventsentry_license.txt and be located in the same directory as the installer
In unattended mode the setup will run silently in the background without user interaction, the web reports installer will be briefly visible. The configuration assistant will be visible after the main installer but proceed automatically. The command line switch
--mode unattended
initiates an unattended installation but requires that a password for the built-in postgres admin user is supplied via the --postgrespw parameter (quotes recommended), for example
--postgrespw "V@ryS@curePhr@seG0esHere!"
To skip the welcome wizard in the web reports, the default admin password can be set with the --webreportsadminpw parameter (quotes recommended), for example
--webreportsadminpw "An0therS@curePassG0@sRighthere#"
As such, a full unattended installation which also sets the password for the web reports admin user would need to look like this:
eventsentry_v6_0_1_62_windows-x64_setup.exe --mode unattended --postgrespw "V@ryS@curePhr@seG0esHere!" --webreportsadminpw "An0therS@curePassG0@sRighthere#"
Unselecting Components
Since all optional components are automatically enabled in the unattended installation, it's necessary to specify a command line argument to omit one or more component from being installed. Components can be excluded the command line parameters shown below for each component:
Help
--noHelp 1
Built-In Database
-- noBuiltInDatabase 1
Web Reports
-- noWebReports 1
For example, the command for an unattended installation without the Help and Web Reports is:
eventsentry_v6_0_1_62_windows-x64_setup.exe --mode unattended --postgrespw "V@ryS@curePhr@seG0esHere!" --noHelp 1 --noWebReports 1
