How to Install Plant Applications Core in Silent Mode

About this task

Use this procedure to install Plant Applications Server in silent mode. The silent mode installation includes two types of methods:

  • Passive: A loader and a progress bar appears and displays the status of the installation. To verify the successful installation of Plant Application Server, check the log file.
  • Quiet: The status of the installation is verified by checking the log file.

The silent installation consists of configuring settings in a configuration file. Use the configuration file paconfiguration.ini to configure the same settings that you configure during interactive installation.

Note:

To edit the configuration file paconfiguration.ini, copy the .ini file to a location on your machine. For example, C:\New Folder.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the paconfiguration.ini file.
  2. Right-click, and then select Edit.
  3. In the configuration file, edit the following:
    • For Workflow user credentials, edit these:
      • AdministratorName
      • AdministratorPassword
    • For RabbitMQ credentials, edit these:
      • RabbitAdmin
      • Rabbitpwd
    • To install PlantApps Service Provider, update the InstallPASP flag to true. By default the InstallPASP is set to false.
    Note: You do not require to update the remaining fields for a clean install.
  4. Select Save.
  5. Open the command prompt in the administrator's mode, and then navigate to the location where the PlantAppsSetup.exe resides, then run the PlantAppsSetup.exe.

    The command prompt window appears. In the command prompt window, you can launch and install the PlantAppsSetup.exe, using any one of the following silent installation methods with paconfiguration.ini file location as a parameter:

    • Passive
    • Quiet
  6. On the command line interface, type the following, and then press Enter.
    • To install Plant Applications using Passive method, type the following: PlantAppsSetup.exe C:\New folder\paconfiguration.ini/passive, where C:\New folder is the location of the paconfiguration.ini file.

      A loader and a progress bar appear indicating the progress of the installation.

    • To install Plant Applications using Quiet method, type the following: PlantAppsSetup.exe C:\New folder\paconfiguration.ini/quiet, where C:\New folder is the location of the paconfiguration.ini file.

      The system does not display any loader or progress bar to indicate the progress of the installation. To verify that installation is complete, refer to the log files.

    The paconfiguration.ini file contains the log file path: C:\programdata\Proficy\Logs\PlantAppsSetup.log. You must not change the log file path in the paconfiguration.ini file.
    When you enter invalid commands on the command line interface, a message appears to enter valid commands.
    Note: The silent installation takes about 20 minutes to complete the installation. When the installation is in progress, do not close the command prompt window or click anywhere in the command prompt window.