Silent Installation in QPR UI

There is the silent installation option available for QPR UI, in which the installation is done in command line instead of the installation wizard. Silent installation allows to fully automate QPR UI installation.

Silent installation command

Silent installation command has the following syntax:

[InstallerExePath] /s /v"/qn /Lv \"[InstallerLogFilePath]\" parametername1=parametervalue1 parametername2=parametervalue2 ... parameternameN=parametervalueN"

Example command:

C:\temp\QPR_UI.exe /s /v"/qn /Lv \"C:\temp\MDBInstallLog.txt\" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR UI\" GLASSFISHDIR=\"C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR UI\Glassfish\" IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=localhost IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME=myusername IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD=mypassword IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=QPREntice DBSETUP=ExistingDB IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=1 MEAWSURL=http://localhost/metrics/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/MainService.svc/webHttp/ PAWSURL=http://localhost/current/MainService.svc/webHttp/ SSOS=WAS,http://localhost/metrics/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll;PA,http://localhost/current/MainService.svc/webHttp/; WS,http://localhost/metrics/Portal/QPR.Isapi.dll/wsforward/MainService.svc/webHttp/ "

Silent installation procedure

1. Download QPR UI installation package (link is available in this wiki's mainpage).
2. Store the installation package to C:\temp\ (this is an example location; you may stored it to different location).
3. Construct your silent installation command by using the example command below and list of available parameters.
4. Test the silent installation command by opening command line (open Windows Start Menu and type cmd). Paste the command to the command line and press enter.
5. Check that QPR UI has been installed correctly. Check also the installation log file for errors.

Silent installation parameters

Following parameters are available:

Parameter name	Description
INSTALLDIR	QPR UI installation directory. It's usually C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR UI\.
GLASSFISHDIR	Glassfish installation directory. It's usually C:\Program Files\QPR Software Plc\QPR UI\Glassfish\.
DBSETUP	Use value ExistingDB to define that an existing database is used, or NewDB for a new database. This corresponds to the installation wizard page 4 setting.
IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER	SQL Server hostname and optionally port in the format host:port. The port can be left out by using format host. When the port is left out, the SQL Server default port 1433 is used.
IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE	QPR UI database name in the SQL Server. By default it's QPREntice (the name reflects the internal technology used by QPR Software).
USERDOMAIN	Domain name for database user account. Used in Windows authentication.
IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME	SQL Server username for database authentication.
IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD	SQL Server user password for database authentication.
IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION	Use value 1 for SQL Server authentication and 0 for Windows authentication. This corresponds to the installation wizard page 5 setting.
MEAWSURL	QPR Suite Web Service location.
PAWSURL	QPR ProcessAnalyzer Web Service location.
SSOS	Common QPR Authentication parameters that are stored to AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES setting in the QPR UI database.
SKIPDBVALIDATION	Use value 1 for SQL Server authentication and 0 for Windows authentication.
SAML_AUTOMATIC_LOGIN, SAML_CONSUMER_URL, SAML_METADATA_URL, SAML_REDIRECT_URL, SAML_SERVER_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER, SAML_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE, SAML_USER_ID_ATTRIBUTE	Federated authentication parameters that are stored in the QPR UI database with same setting names as are these silent installtion parameter names.