3.4 Silent Installation

The silent or unattended installation of Sentinel Log Manager is useful if you need to install more than one Sentinel Log Manager servers in your deployment. In such a scenario, you can record the installation parameters during the first installation and then run the recorded file on all the other servers.

  1. Download and copy the install files from the Novell Download site.

  2. Log in as root to the server where you want to install Sentinel Log Manager.

  3. Specify the following command to extract the install files from the tar file:

    tar xfz <install_filename>

    Replace <install_filename> with the actual name of the install file.

  4. Change to the directory where the install file is extracted.

  5. Specify the following command to run the install-slm script to install Sentinel Log Manager in a silent mode: 

    ./install-slm -u responseFile

    For information on creating the response file, see Section 3.2, Standard Installation. The installation proceeds with the values stored in the response file.

  6. To log in to the Sentinel Log Manager server, use the URL specified in the installation output. The URL is similar to https://10.0.0.1:8443/novelllogmanager.

    For more information on logging in to the server, see Section 6.0, Logging In to the Web Interface.

  7. To configure event sources to send data to Sentinel Log Manager, see Configuring Data Collection in the Sentinel Log Manager 1.2.2 Administration Guide.

NOTE:When you start the system for the first time after installation, it might take approximately five minutes for the system to initialize before you can start using it. This delay only occurs when you start the system for the first time after the installation or an update.