The silent or unattended installation is useful if you need to install more than one Sentinel server in your deployment. In such a scenario, you can record the installation parameters during the interactive installation and then run the recorded file on other servers. You can record the installation parameters while installing Sentinel with the standard configuration or a custom configuration.
To perform silent installation, ensure that you have recorded the installation parameters to a file. For information on creating the response file, see Section 11.2.1, Standard Installation or Section 11.2.2, Custom Installation.
To enable Sentinel in FIPS 140-2 mode, ensure that the response file includes the following parameters:
ENABLE_FIPS_MODE
NSS_DB_PASSWORD
To perform a silent installation, use the following steps:
Download the installation files from the Novell Downloads Web page.
Log in as root to the server where you want to install Sentinel.
Specify the following command to extract the install files from the tar file:
tar -zxvf <install_filename>
Replace <install_filename> with the actual name of the install file.
Specify the following command to install Sentinel in silent mode:
./install-sentinel -u <response_file>
The installation proceeds with the values stored in the response file.
If you chose to enable FIPS 140-2 mode, complete the FIPS 140-2 mode configuration by following the tasks mentioned in Section 19.0, Operating Sentinel in FIPS 140-2 Mode.
The Sentinel installation finishes and the server starts. It might take few minutes for all services to start after installation because the system performs a one-time initialization. Wait until the installation finishes before you log in to the server.