37.3 Installing Event Auditing Service Silently

A silent (non-interactive) installation does not display a user interface or ask the user any questions. Instead, the system uses information from a .properties file. You can run the silent installation with the default file or edit the file to customize the installation process. To perform a guided installation, see Using the Wizard to Install Event Auditing Service.

To prepare for the installation, review the prerequisites and system requirements listed in Section 36.4.1, System Requirements for the Event Auditing Service. Also see the Release Notes accompanying the release.

  1. (Conditional) To avoid specifying the administrator passwords for the EAS utilities and PostgreSQL database in the .properties file for a silent installation, use the export command:

    export ADMIN_PWD=EAS_utilities_admin_password
    export DBA_PWD=PostgreSQL_dbauser_password

    For example:

    export ADMIN_PWD=myPassWord

    The silent installation process reads the passwords from the environment, rather than from the .properties file.

  2. In a text editor, modify one of the following properties files, located by default in the products/EAS directory of the .iso image:

    • eas_install.properties to use the default installation settings

    • eas_configure.properties to customize the installation settings, such as specifying passwords for the EAS utilities and PostgreSQL database

  3. Launch the installation with the following command:

    ./EASInstall.bin -i silent -f path_to_properties_file 

    For example:

    ./EASInstall.bin -i silent -f /root/Software/eas_configure.properties 
  4. (Conditional) To perform an action like a pg_dump of the EAS installation, you must export the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable:

    1. Log in to the server as a non-root user. For example, novleas user.

    2. In a terminal, run the following command:

      . /opt/novell/sentinel_eas/bin/setenv.sh

      This command tells the system to fetch the contents of the setenv.sh file from the installation folder.