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Overview
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Installer properties are the key to customising the Yellowfin installer. Different properties are used to make different changes to the installer, including:
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Providing Values for Installer Properties
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Values for installer properties can be set in different ways. In order of precedence, these are:
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The silent installer does not display a user interface. Therefore all user options must be provided through the properties files or command-line arguments.
Custom Properties File
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The custom properties file is the main way to customise the installer. You can add properties to this file that modify the way the installer looks and behaves. This file is a java properties file named custom.properties
that is added to the root of the installer archive (see Adding Files to the Installer).
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The custom properties file is a series of key-value pairs of the form “key=value” on separate lines. Blank lines are ignored, and a line starting with a # is treated as a comment.
Command-line Arguments
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Installer properties may be provided as command-line arguments when running the installer. The general usage is:
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Silent Installer Properties File
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An additional properties file may be specified when using the silent installer. For historical reasons, the properties in this file have different names to the standard installer properties, but have the same functionality.
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Property keys in the silent installer properties file are not case sensitive.
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| The java installation path to use when running Yellowfin. |
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| The path to install Yellowfin into |
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| Whether to install the tutorial database and sample content |
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| The location of the Yellowfin licence file |
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| The web server port |
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| Whether to install a Windows service |
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| The amount of memory in megabytes to assign to Yellowfin at install time (if not set, it defaults to 75% of the server’s RAM). |
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| The database type for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| The authentication type to use if the database type is SQL Server |
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| The logon domain to use if the database type is SQL Server, and the authentication type is Windows |
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| The instance name to use if the database type is SQL Server. To use the default instance, omit this property. |
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| The location of the JDBC driver if the database type is Progress |
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| Whether to create a new database for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| Whether to create a new database user |
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| The server hostname for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| The server port for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| The database name for the Yellowfin configuration database. Note: If installing Oracle, use this key to specify the SID, or service name, based on the selected Oracle connection mode. |
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| The database admin username |
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| The database admin user password |
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| The database username for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| The database user password for the Yellowfin configuration database |
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| The connection method to connect to an Oracle database. Options include SID or service. The value of the selected method must be specified using the DatabaseName key. Note: This property key must be specified if using the silent installer to install an Oracle database. See Oracle example below. |
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JDBCDriverFiles | Path to JDBC driver files. Specify multiple paths by separating them with commas. Tip: Use this to supply the jar files of database drivers that are not readily packaged with the installer. |
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OracleAuth | The method Oracle should use to authenticate its user. The value can be kerberos (using Kerberos Authentication) or user (using username and password). | Not available |
KerberosFilePath | The absolute file path to where the Kerberos settings are kept. | Not available |
Examples
Consider the following example:
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InstallPath=/applications/yellowfin InstallTutorialDatabase=true ServicePort=8080 InstallService=false DatabaseType=MySQL CreateYellowfinDB=true CreateYellowfinDBUser=talsefalse DatabaseHostname=localhost DatabaseName=yellowfin DatabaseDBAUser=root DatabaseDBAPassword=secret DatabaseUser=yf DatabasePassword= |
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