Silent Installation in QPR UI

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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 parametername3=parametervalue3"

Number of parameters is not restricted.

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:

  • 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.

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/ "
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