Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Installation Guide

Modifying the Installation Configuration File

You can modify the installation configuration file by editing the variables and values described in the following table.

Table 1–3 Installation Configuration File Variables

Variable Name 

Valid Values (if applicable) 

Content 

Comments 

Build ID

 

The string of characters following the distribution in the STATE_BEGIN and STATE_END sections. This value is automatically generated. 

No need to alter this value unless installing a different distribution file than the one that produced the configuration file. To find the build ID, enter distribution-filename -id at the command prompt.

defaultInstallDirectory

 

Default installation directory path 

 

currentInstallDirectory

 

Selected installation directory path 

 

SELECTED_COMPONENTS

 

List of product components selected for installation 

Modification is not recommended. 

USE_BUNDLED_JDK

TRUE, FALSE 

Whether to install JDK bundled with the product 

If this value is set to FALSE, the J2SE path referenced by JDK_LOCATION is used.

JDK_LOCATION

 

JDK path 

Preinstalled JDK path, relevant only if USE_BUNDLED_J2SE is set to FALSE.

WEBSERVER_INSTALL_DIR

 

Selected web server instance directory path 

Relevant only if the load balancing plugin component is selected for installation. 

PLUGIN_TYPE

Sun Java System Web Server, Microsoft IIS Web Server (Windows only), Apache HTTP Server 

   

INST_ASADMIN_USERNAME

 

Administrator user name for initial domain 

 

INST_ASADMIN_PASSWORD

 

Administrator password for initial Domain Administration Server 

This entry is obfuscated by default. 

See also description of ADMIN_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED variable.

INST_MASTER_PASSWORD

 

SSL certificate database password for asadmin operations such as Domain Administration Server startup and Node Agent startup 

This entry is obfuscated by default. 

See also description of ADMIN_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED variable.

INST_ASADMIN_PORT

0 - 65535 

Administration server port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_ASWEB_PORT

0 - 65535 

Server port number for initial Domain Administration Server instance 

 

INST_HTTPS_PORT

0 - 65535 

   

STORE_ADMIN_AUTH

TRUE, FALSE 

   

ADMIN_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED

TRUE, FALSE 

Obfuscated admin password flag 

In the initial installation configuration file created by product installer, this flag is set to TRUE, since the admin password value is obfuscated for security reasons. 

To override the value for admin password, enter values of INST_ASADMIN_PASSWORD and INST_MASTER_PASSWORD in clear text and set this flag to FALSE to enable silent installation to process it correctly.

INST_JMS_PORT

0 - 65535 

JMS port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_ORB_PORT

0 - 65535 

ORB port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_ORB_SSL_PORT

0 - 65535 

Secure ORB port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_ORB_MUTUALAUTH_PORT

0 - 65535 

Mutual authentication ORB port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_JMX_PORT

0 - 65535 

JMX port number for initial Domain Administration Server 

 

INST_DAS_HOSTNAME

 

Name of the Domain Administration Server to be used to administer the server 

 

CREATE_SAMPLES_DOMAIN

TRUE, FALSE 

Whether to create additional samples server domain 

This value is disregarded because Application Server Enterprise Edition does not support this feature. 

CREATE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT

TRUE, FALSE 

Whether to create autodeploy folder desktop shortcut

Valid for Windows platforms only and is disregarded otherwise. 

UPDATE_PATH

TRUE, FALSE 

Whether to update PATH environment variable to include Application Server bin directory 

Valid only for Windows platforms and is disregarded otherwise. 


Note –

You cannot reuse the configuration file created for a particular distribution on other distributions, editions, or versions of the Application Server software.

To view the results of the silent installation, refer to the log files.