When running a silent installation, Qlik Sense is installed with no dialogs at all. This means all features, properties and user selections have to be known before performing a silent installation. All setup options that are available in the user interface of the installer can be performed with silent operations.
Do the following:
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Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
The Command Prompt window is displayed.
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In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the folder containing the Qlik_Sense_setup.exe file.
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Enter Qlik_Sense_setup.exe followed by the silent installation syntax preferred.
Syntax
| Qlik_Sense_setup.exe [-silent] [-uninstall] {-log path\filename} {layout=path} {accepteula=1|0} {desktopshortcut=1|0} {skipstartservices=1|0} {installdir=path} {userwithdomain=domain\user} {userpassword=password} {dbpassword=password} {hostname=www.machinename.domain.com} {cleanup=1|0} {sharedpersistenceconfig="configfilepath"} {senddata=1|0} {skipvalidation=1|0} {databasedumpfile=path} | - |
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| Qlik_Sense_setup.exe -? or -h | Brings up the on-screen silent setup help. |
Commands
| Command | Type | Purpose |
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| -silent (or -s) | - | Command line-driven setup without UI (mandatory). |
| -uninstall | - | Uninstall the product silently. It must be used with -silent command. |
| -log (or -l) | [log file name with path] |
Log file directory and log file name. Note: The user must have access to this directory.
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| -layout | [destination directory] |
Extracts files (including .msi files) to the destination directory.
Note: This argument should not be combined with other command line arguments.
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Arguments
Arguments are separated by a space and presented in the form [Argument]="[Value]". The double quotes can normally be omitted but may be needed, for example, when a path contains spaces.
The default values are the same as those used in the setup user interface.
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| accepteula | 1|0 |
Accepts the Qlik User License Agreement. Warning: This argument is mandatory when installing or upgrading, and you must accept the QULA to install successfully.
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| desktopshortcut | 1|0 (defaults to 1 on clean installs) | Installs desktop shortcuts. |
| skipstartservices | 1|0 (defaults to 0 on clean installs, otherwise the current state.) |
Skips starting services after the installation has finished. |
| installdir | [path to custom install directory] | Defines the directory if the default install directory will not be used (%ProgramFiles%\Qlik\Sense). |
| userwithdomain | [domain\username] | Adds the username to run the Qlik Sense services. |
| userpassword | [password] | Adds the password torun the services. |
| dbpassword | [password] | Adds the password for the database superuser that creates the user that runs the database. |
| hostname | [address of the central node] | Define the address for the central node. The central node uses certificates to communicate securely with other servers. Leave blank to use the default. |
| cleanup | 1|0 (defaults to 0 on uninstall) |
Deletes Qlik Sense certificates and any files in the ProgramData\Qlik\Sense directory after the uninstall is completed. Note: This argument must be used with the silent install commands.
Example: -silent -uninstall cleanup=1. |
| sharedpersistenceconfig (or spc) | [path to configuration file including the filename] |
Activates setup of shared persistence as storage method. All settings for shared persistence must be in the configuration file referenced here. Warning: This is a parameter must be configured to install successfully.
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| senddata | 1|0 (defaults to 0) | Shares system data with Qlik in anonymous form. |
| skipvalidation | 1|0 (defaults to 0) | Skips password validation process for service user and shared folder access. For silent installation, database connection tests are also skipped. |
| databasedumpfile | [path to database dump file] | Sets path database backup dump file. |
| bundleinstall | dashboard,visualization | Includes the dashboard and visualization bundles. |
Example 1: To install Qlik Sense
Qlik_Sense_setup.exe -s spc="\\configpath\spc.cfg" userwithdomain=mydomain\myUser userpassword=myPassword dbpassword=mydbpassword accepteula=1
Example 2: To install Qlik Sense while redirecting the installation and log files to a different location
Qlik_Sense_setup.exe -s -l c:\mylogpath spc="\\configpath\spc.cfg" installdir=c:\mycustompath userwithdomain=mydomain\myUser userpassword=myPassword dbpassword=mydbpassword accepteula=1
Shared persistence configuration file syntax
Configure the shared persistence storage model using the sharedpersistenceconfig argument and point to a configuration file that contains the settings to be used in the installation.
Example:
Qlik_Sense_setup.exe -s spc="\\configpath\spc.cfg" userwithdomain=domain\yourserviceuser userpassword=yourserviceuserpassword dbpassword=yoursuperuserpassword accepteula=1
The configuration file is in
Configuration file syntax
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User name of the repository database user. |
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Password of the repository database user. |
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Hostname of the machine running the repository database. |
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Port used to communicate with the repository database. |
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Root directory for the file share to use as content storage. We recommend that you keep the content in this folder's sub-directories, but this can be changed in the |
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Directory to store apps in. |
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Root directory for all static content of the site. |
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Directory to save archived log files in. |
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Addresses that the database service should listen to. You can supply a comma separated list of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, or 0.0.0.0 (for all IPv4 addresses), ::/0 (for all IPv6 addresses) or * (for all addresses). |
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Subnet specification that covers the IP addresses of all nodes in your site. Either add one row for each node, using /32 as suffix for each address, or add a subnet that covers all addresses using, for example, /24 as suffix. To allow all servers to access the repository database, use 0.0.0.0/0. If entering multiple IP addresses or ranges, use a comma separated list. A range can be either IPv4 or IPv6. |
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Specify the maximum number of concurrent connections to the database. The default value is 100. If you have a multi-node site multiple this value by the number of nodes in the cluster. For example, <MaxConnections>100</MaxConnections> is a single server deployment. |
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Password of the |
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Password of the |
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Host name of the logging database. Set |
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Port number of the logging database. Set |
Deprecated command line arguments
The use of the following command line arguments is no longer recommended.
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| rimnode | Determines the Repository role. |
| -rimnodetype (or -rnt) |
Installs all the features required for the rim node type selected. The node type can be any one of: Complete, Proxy, Engine, Scheduler. |