How can I automate the installation (silent install) of the EventSentry Full Install.
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
1 | --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
1 | --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
1 | --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:
1 | 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
1 | -- noBuiltInDatabase 1 |
Web Reports
1 | -- noWebReports 1 |
For example, the command for an unattended installation without the Help and Web Reports is:
1 | eventsentry_v6_0_1_62_windows-x64_setup.exe --mode unattended --postgrespw "V@ryS@curePhr@seG0esHere!" --noHelp 1 --noWebReports 1 |
