Console and Automated Installation

Owned by Shaun Forbes
Last updated: 22 Nov, 2021
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Performing a console based installation

It's possible to install Weave from a console and not have to use the graphical UI. 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.


java -jar weave-installer.jar -console


This will walk you through an interactive installation process.

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 location of the xml file you just saved on the command line option, e.g. assuming the above values saved in a file called install.xml


java -jar weave-installer.jar install.xml


This will perform a non-interactive console installation.