Silent Installer Properties File

Overview

An additional properties file may be specified when using silent installation. For historical reasons, the properties in this file have different names, but map to the same values as the custom properties file. The silent installer properties file must exist on the file system of the computer being installed onto. The file name must be the first argument after the -silent switch:

java -jar yellowfin-yyyymmdd-full.jar -silent install.properties

java -jar yellowfin-yyyymmdd-full.jar -silent install.properties
	option.winservice=true
	option.serverport=8090

When passing command-line arguments to the silent installer, you must include a silent installer properties file as the first argument before any additional options, even if it is just an empty file. The following will not work:

java -jar yellowfin-yyyymmdd-full.jar -silent
	option.winservice=true
	option.serverport=8090

Properties

Property names in the silent installer properties file:

Silent Installer Properties File	Custom Properties File
JavaHome	option.javahome
InstallPath	option.installpath
ExtractOnly	action.nodbaccess
InstallTutorialDatabase	option.pack.tutorial
InstallUsageReports	option.pack.usage
InstallJapaneseLangPack	option.pack.lang.ja
InstallSpanishLangPack	option.pack.lang.es
InstallFrenchLangPack	option.pack.lang.fr
InstallPortugueseLangPack	option.pack.lang.pt
InstallChineseLangPack	option.pack.lang.zh
LicenceFilePath	option.licencefile
ServicePort	option.serverport
InstallService	option.winservice
DatabaseType	option.db.dbtype
Authentication	option.db.sqlauthtype
LogonDomain	option.db.sqldomain
InstanceName	option.db.sqlinstance
ProgressDriver	option.db.progressdriver
CreateYellowfinDB	option.db.createdb
CreateYellowfinDBUser	option.db.createuser
DatabaseHostname	option.db.hostname
DatabasePort	option.db.port
DatabaseName	option.db.dbname
DatabaseDBAUser	option.db.dbausername
DatabaseDBAPassword	option.db.dbapassword
DatabaseUser	option.db.username
DatabasePassword	option.db.userpassword

Example

An example silent installer properties file:

InstallPath=/applications/yellowfin
InstallTutorialDatabase=True
InstallUsageReports=True
InstallJapaneseLangPack=False
InstallSpanishLangPack=False
ServicePort=8080
InstallService=False
DatabaseType=MySQL
CreateYellowfinDB=True
CreateYellowfinDBUser=False
DatabaseHostname=localhost
DatabaseName=yellowfin
DatabaseDBAUser=root
DatabaseDBAPassword=
DatabaseUser=yf
DatabasePassword=secret