Performing a console based installation
It's possible to install Weave from a console and not have to use the graphical UI.
But, there is one limitation, in that you can't currently determine what's installed.
At the moment the only parts that are installed are:
- The core Weave components
- A Java Runtime Environment
- The Jetty Web Application Server
- The BIRT Report Designer
Note you will need to use Java 8 to run the installers.
To do this interactively you need to start the Weave installer with the -console command line option, e.g.
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java -jar weave-installer.jar -console
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This will walk you through an interactive installation process.
To automate the installation you need to create a file that contains the settings required for the Weave installer.
The file should contain the following content (with the values changed as appropriate)
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Automating the installation
To create an automated installation run the installer GUI and on the last screen save an installation script then edit that and use it on subsequent runs of the installer. It is not currently possible to create the installation script when performing a console install.
Using the Generate an automatic installation script button will ask you where you want to save the script, which is an xml file that can be edited to tweak the options used during subsequent installations.
You then start with weave installer with the -options location of the xml file you just saved on the command line option, e.g. assuming the above values saved in a file called settingsinstall.propertiesxml
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java -jar weave-installer.jar -options settings.propertiesinstall.xml |
This will perform a non-interactive console installation.
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