Installing the Update Installer silently
You can install the WebSphere Commerce Update Installer by using a silent method, which uses a response file. No graphical interface is required. The silent installation method can be used to automate the installation.
Before you begin
- Log on:
- As a root user
- Or as a non-root user that owns WC_installdir
- If you want to
use a non-root user to install UPDI, ensure that the non-root user owns the appropriate
.profile file and consider the following installation limitations:
- Packages that are installed by a non-root user cannot be registered through native operating system mechanisms, such as the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) on Linux. WebSphere software registers in the installation registry file and the vpd.properties file. All installed components are fully functional despite the lack of native registration.
- If you want to upgrade a previous version of UPDI that was installed by the root user, you must use the root user. If you want to use a non-root user, you must install UPDI to a new location.
- Log on as the
root
user. - If the directory /tmp/niflog/ exists, create a backup and then remove the directory.
- Change the ownership of /home/non-root_userdir/.profile
to
non-root
user and thenon-root
user group. For example, change ownership of /home/wasuser/.profile towasuser
andwasgroup
.
- Log on with a user profile
that has
*SECOFR
authority. - Set the following permissions:
- Set root user umask to 0022.
- Set non-root user umask to 0027.
- If UPDI is installed, determine the version of UPDI by running the following command:
- UPDI_installdir/bin/versionInfo.sh
- UPDI_installdir/bin/versionInfo
- UPDI_installdir/bin/versionInfo.bat
Important:- You must always use the most recent version of the update installer. For information about the most recent version of the update installer, see WebSphere Commerce Update Installer