Verifying the Installation Answer File

The default answer file provides a number of system-specific parameters as well as the parameters that you selected during your installation. After your installation, you can change the values of those parameters that you can edit.

Example 1–1 The Default Answer File

The following example shows the contents of a default answer file created during a silent mode installation that accepted default values.

#Fri Oct 24 12:00:54 PDT 2008
#openInstaller Dry Run Answer File.  This File can be used as input to 
the openInstaller engine using the -a option.
InstallHome.directory.INSTALL_HOME=/glassfishv3-prelude
License.license.ACCEPT_LICENSE=0
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.CREATE_NEWACCT=CREATE_NEWACCT
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.DUMMY_PROP=
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.SKIP_REGISTRATION=SKIP_REGISTRATION
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USERNAME=
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USERPASSWORD=
RegistrationOptions.regoptions.USE_EXISTINGACCT=USE_EXISTINGACCT
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COMPANYNAME=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COUNTRY=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.COUNTRY_DROP_DOWN=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.EMAIL=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.FIRSTNAME=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.LASTNAME=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.PASSWORD=
SOAccountCreation.accountinfo.REENTERPASSWORD=
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PASSWORD=adminadmin
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PORT=4848
glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_USER=admin
glassfish.Administration.ANONYMOUS=ANONYMOUS
glassfish.Administration.LOGIN_MODE=true
glassfish.Administration.HTTP_PORT=8080
glassfish.Administration.NON_ANONYMOUS=NON_ANONYMOUS
updatetool.Configuration.ALLOW_UPDATE_CHECK=true
updatetool.Configuration.BOOTSTRAP_UPDATETOOL=true
updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_HOST=
updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_PORT=

(Optional) To Edit the Answer File

Before You Begin

Make sure that the answer file was created.

1. Review the answer file.

   Verify that it the values that you want to use for your silent installation.

2. Edit the answer file.

   You can change these default values only:

   InstallHome.directory.INSTALL_HOME=/glassfishv3-prelude

   Provide another directory name for Enterprise Server v3 Prelude installation files.

   glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PASSWORD=adminadmin

   Provide another password for access to the Administration Console. This password is case sensitive and must be 6 to 10 characters long.

   glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_PORT=4848

   Assign another port number to the Administration Console.

   glassfish.Administration.ADMIN_USER=admin

   Provide another user name for the administrator. This name is case sensitive.

   glassfish.Administration.HTTP_Port=8080

   Assign another port number to HTTP connections.

   glassfish.Administration.login_mode=anonymous

   Can be set to anonymous or non_anonymous, to require administrator to log in with user name and password.

   updatetool.Configuration.ALLOW_UPDATE_CHECK=true

   Change value to false if you do not want notifications of Update Tool checks.

   updatetool.Configuration.BOOTSTRAP_UPDATE=true

   Change value to false if you do not want to install standalone Update Tool.

   updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_HOST=

   Assign a name to the proxy host.

   updatetool.Configuration.PROXY_PORT=

   Assign a port number to the proxy host.

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   Note –

   Parameters that are not in this list are system-specific. Do not change system-specific parameters.

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