Running the silent installer

This topic describes how to run the Endeca Server silent installer from a command prompt.

Before running the silent installer, you must have created the response file.

This procedure assumes that you are running the silent installer from a command line. However, you can run it from a batch file or script.

To install silently on either Windows or Linux:

From a command prompt, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Endeca Server installer.
Run the installer (either setup.exe for Windows or runInstaller for Linux) in silent mode with these flags:
- -silent — Specifies a silent-mode operation.
- -response <path-to-response file> — Specifies the response file and path to use.
- -jreLoc <path-to-JRE> — Specifies the path where the Java Runtime Environment is installed.
Note that the paths should not contain spaces. The following is an example on a Windows machine:
```
setup -silent -response c:\ES_install\ResponseFile -jreLoc c:\java\jdk1.8.0_66
```

A successful installation will end with this message:

The installation of Oracle Endeca Server Top Level completed successfully.

The silent installer creates a log of the installation process under the name yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ssXM.log (where XM is either AM or PM). For example:

2016-01-13_03-29-39PM.log

The logs directory (named logs on Windows and log on Linux) is stored in the Oracle Inventory directory. On Linux systems, if you do not know the location of your Oracle Inventory directory, you can find it in the etc/oraInst.loc file. On Windows, the default location for the inventory directory is C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs.