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Unattended install switches and parameters

This section describes the switches and parameters you can use when running an unattended install of the Content Manager Server.

The basic command syntax for running an unattended install is:

SDLTridion2013SP1CM.exe -s [-log "logpath\logfilename.log" ] params

where:

  • logpath is a path to a custom log location
  • logfilename is a custom filename base for the log file
  • params is a sequence of zero or more parameters of the form <param>=<value>.

If you omit the -log switch, the installer creates a log file in the following location:

  • the subdirectory SDL\Tridion\Logs\ of the path indicated by the %PROGRAMDATA% environment variable (defaults to c:\ProgramData\).

The following list shows the named parameters you can use for the Content Manager installation. If a parameter has a default value, it may be omitted. Default values correspond as much as possible to the defaults suggested during earlier installation steps. To specify an empty value, simply write, say, Foo= or Foo="".

ACCEPT_EULA
Default value: none (mandatory parameter if you do not have all prerequisites installed)
Description: If set to true, automatically accepts all EULAs (End User License Agreements) of any third-party software that the installer will install.
DB_NAME
Default value: tridion_cm

Description: Name of the Content Manager database

DB_PASSWORD
Default value: none (mandatory parameter)

Description: Password to access the Content Manager database

DB_SERVER
Default value: (local)

Description: Name of the Content Manager database server

DB_TYPE
Default value: MSSQL

Description: Type of the Content Manager database server. The only other possible value is ORACLE

DB_USER
Default value: TCMDBUser

Description: The name of the Content Manager database user

DB_INTEGRATED
Default value: FALSE

Description: If set to TRUE, the installer activates Windows authentication, meaning that it uses the Windows user name and password of the user who is logged in to access the Content Manager database.

SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_NAME
Default value: MTSUser

Description: The identity of the user that runs the COM+ application. You created this user in Creating a system user (MTSUser) for Content Manager

SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN
Default value: the machine's domain name, or, if no domain exists, computer name

Description: The domain of the user specified under SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_NAME.

SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD
Default value: none (mandatory parameter)

Description: The password of the user specified under SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_NAME.

TM_TRANSLATIONSYSTEM_TYPE
Default value: SDL BeGlobal

Description: The translation system Translation Manager connects to. The only other possible values are SDL Translation Manager System or SDL WorldServer.

TM_TRANSLATIONSYSTEM_ADDRESS
Default value: empty

Description: The URL of SDL TMS or SDL WorldServer.

TM_TRANSLATIONSYSTEM_PORT
Default value: 80

Description: The port of the URL of SDL TMS or SDL WorldServer.

TM_TMS_PROXY_ENABLED
Default value: empty (mandatory parameter if installing Translation Manager and if connecting)

Description: Set to TRUE if you want to enable a proxy setting for SDL TMS, to FALSE otherwise.

TM_TMS_PROXY_ADDRESS
Default value: empty (mandatory parameter)

Description: The address of the proxy server that SDL TMS.

TM_TMS_PROXY_PORT
Default value: empty (mandatory parameter)

Description: The port of the proxy server that SDL TMS uses.

TM_WORLDSERVER_USERNAME
Default value: empty

Description: The name of a user authorized to connect to SDL WorldServer.

TM_WORLDSERVER_PASSWORD
Default value: empty (mandatory parameter)

Description: The password for the user authorized to connect to SDL WorldServer.

TM_DB_INTEGRATED
Default value: FALSE

Description: If set to TRUE, the installer activates Windows authentication, meaning that it uses the Windows user name and password of the user who is logged in to access the Translation Manager database.

TM_DB_TYPE
Default value: MSSQL

Description: Type of the Translation Manager database server. The only other possible value is ORACLE

TM_DB_SERVER
Default value: (local)

Description: The name of the database server that contains your Translation Manager database.

TM_DB_NAME
Default value: Tridion_TranslationManager

Description: The name of the Translation Manager database.

TM_DB_USER
Default value: TMUser

Description: The name of a user authorized to connect to the Translation Manager database.

TM_DB_PASSWORD
Default value: none (mandatory)

Description: The password of a user authorized to connect to the Translation Manager database.

WEB_DESCRIPTION
Default value: "SDL Tridion"

Description: The description of the Content Manager Explorer Web site.

WEB_IP
Default value: empty, meaning all unassigned IP addresses

Description: The IP address of the Content Manager Explorer Web site.

WEB_PORT
Default value: 80

Description: The port of the Content Manager Explorer Web site.

WEB_HEADER
Default value: empty, meaning no host header is provided

Description: The host header of the Content Manager Explorer Web site.

LICENSE_PATH
Default value: none; if you do not specify the license path here, you can specify it after installation, refer to Licenses

Description: The full path and filename of the Content Manager license file.

CD_LICENSE_PATH
Default value: none; if you do not specify the license path here, you can specify it after installation, refer to Licenses

Description: The full path and filename of the Content Delivery license file.

OE_DB_NAME
Default value: tridion_cm_email

Description: Name of the Outbound E-mail database

OE_DB_PASSWORD
Default value: none (mandatory)

Description: Password to access the Outbound E-mail database

OE_DB_SERVER
Default value: (local)

Description: Name of the Outbound E-mail database server

OE_DB_TYPE
Default value: MSSQL

Description: Type of the Outbound E-mail database server. The only other possible value is ORACLE.

OE_DB_USER
Default value: TMSDBUser

Description: The name of the Outbound E-mail database user.

OE_DB_INTEGRATED
Default value: FALSE

Description: If set to TRUE, the installer activates Windows authentication, meaning that it uses the Windows user name and password of the user who is logged in to access the Outbound E-mail database.

CdWindowsServices_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Windows Services (Transport Service and Monitoring). Other possible values are a string listing one or more subfeatures, or an empty string, meaning that no Windows Services are installed.

cm_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Content Manager features. Other possible values are a string listing one or more subfeatures, or an empty string, meaning that Content Manager features are only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

CMECore_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Content Manager Explorer core features. This does not install the GUI itself, but only the extensible GUI framework. The only other possible values are ProductFeatureCore, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that Content Manager Explorer core features are only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

CMEGui_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Content Manager Explorer features. This installs the GUI itself, including the underlying core framework. The only other possible values are ProductFeatureGui, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that Content Manager Explorer features are only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

ContextExpressions_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install the Context Expression Extension, which allows expressions supplied by an integration from SDL CMA to be published to a Presentation Server. The only other possible values are FeatureContextExpressions, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that the Context Expression Extension feature is only installed if another, selected feature depends on it.

ExperienceManager_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Experience Manager. Other possible values are a string listing one or more subfeatures, or an empty string, meaning that Experience Manager is only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

Documentation_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Documentation. The only other possible values are DocumentationCore, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that Documentation is not installed.

ExternalContentLibrary_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install External Content Library. The only other possible values are ECL_MAIN, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning External Content Library is not installed.

OutboundEmail_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install Outbound E-mail features. Other possible values are a string listing one or more subfeatures, or an empty string, meaning that Outbound E-mail features are only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

SDLTridionUGC_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install the User-Generated Content (UGC) application. The only other possible values are FeatureUGC, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that the UGC application is only installed if another, selected feature depends on it.

SpellChecker_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install spell-checking features in the Content Manager Explorer GUI. The only other possible values are FeatureSpellChecker, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that spell-checking features are only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

TcmSearch_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install search functionality for Content Manager Explorer. The only other possible value is an empty string, meaning that search functionality is only installed if another, selected feature depends on them.

TemplateBuilder_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install the Template Builder application.The only other possible values are FeatureTemplateBuilder, which does the same as (All), or an empty string, meaning that the Template Builder application is only installed if another, selected feature depends on it.

TranslationManager_SelectedFeatures
Default value: (All)—all features

Description: Indicates whether to install the Translation Manager application. Other possible values are a string listing one or more subfeatures, or an empty string, meaning that the Translation Manager application is only installed if another, selected feature depends on it.

INSTALLLOCATION
Default value: C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\.

Description: Indicates where to install Content Manager server.

WEBLOCATION
Default value: C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\web (on a 64-bit system).

Description: Indicates where to install the Content Manager Explorer Web site.