How to use acinstallinput.xml to perform a silent installation
This procedure uses the provided acinstallinput.xml for a default silent installation configuration. For information about creating a custom silent installation file, see
How to modify the silent installation file.
1 Using Windows Explorer, copy the Actuate product installation directory to the local machine.
For example, for BIRT iHub, copy the installation files from the iHub installation directory to C:\Actuate\iHub.
2 Choose Start➛Programs➛Accessories➛Command Prompt.
Command Prompt appears.
3 At the command prompt, go to the product installation directory that you created on the local machine. For example, type the following command, then press Enter:
cd C:\Actuate\iHub
4 Invoke the silent installation in asynchronous or synchronous mode.
For asynchronous silent installation, type the following command, then press Enter:
setup.exe -s -f1"C:\Actuate\iHub\acis.iss"
-acinput "C:\Actuate\iHub\acinstallinput.xml"
-acoutput "C:\Actuate\iHub\iHub_log.xml"
The command prompt reappears, and the installation completes in the background.
For synchronous silent installation, type the following command, then press Enter:
start /wait setup.exe -s -f1"C:\Actuate\iHub\acis.iss"
-acinput "C:\Actuate\iHub\acinstallinput.xml"
-acoutput "C:\Actuate\iHub\iHub_log.xml"
The command prompt reappears after the installation completes.
You must fully specify the files for the -f1, -acinput, and -acoutput options. There is no space between -f1 and the full acis.iss file name. There is a space between the -acinput and -acoutput options and their file names. The ‑acoutput file name may contain only ASCII characters. If you do not specify an ‑acoutput file, the installation generates the default log file, acinstparam.xml, in the installation destination folder. The XML log file for the silent installation appears in the directory where acinstallinput.xml and the Actuate product installation executable file, setup.exe, reside.
In a default acinstallinput.xml, there are two destination folders for the installation, the Binary location and the Data location. iHub uses the Binary location to resolve paths to all the binaries that it launches. The default path for the Binary location is C:\Program Files\Actuate\iHub, and is referred to in the iHub documentation as the environment variable AC_SERVER_HOME. iHub uses the Data location to store iHub logs, iHub Encyclopedia including PostgreSQL data, MC logs, IC logs, and all other data. The default path for the Data location is C:\Actuate\iHub\data, and is referred to in the iHub documentation as the environment variable AC_DATA_HOME.