#63 Unattended/Silent installation

[Anonymous]

As an administrator for example 300 PCs you would like
to have an installscript that automaticly pushs the
HealthMonitor Service on a Windows computer.
For the VNC RemoteServies there is a script call
"FastPush". You can read more about this tool under
http://www.darkage.co.uk/vnc/faq.htm#whatfp
If it is possible to install the HealthMonitor Service
like that, it would be grade for every administrator
because he can easily distribute it.

[Vittorio Pavesi]

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I haven't experience on FastPush, if someone would like to
provide his/her experience to deploy this feature, I'll be happy
to add it !!!

[Vittorio Pavesi]

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Seems that somebody got some result on it, I'll add a
feedback as soon as I'll get more details.

[Eric Livingston]

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I think the point here refers to the ability to perform a silent,
unattended installation, vs. FastPush in particular. FastPush
is just an example of such a situation.

I also maintain many machines, and use an entirely different
architecture for pushing out software installs. But the principle
is the same: I already have the ability to drop an EXE file on a
remote machine and execute it, with context-sensitive
command-line parameters. What I need is a HealthMonitor
installation program that can accept command-line
parameters (such as a configuration file to load) and install
the program and start the service, all silently - i.e. no visible
activity on the screen, and no need for a user to respond to
anything. That would be perfect :)

[Vittorio Pavesi]

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I'll ask to packaging manager if it's possible to implement
it...

[Vittorio Pavesi]

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I add some useful links:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.12
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.4.12
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.8.1.35

[Vittorio Pavesi]

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Included Feature Request: 1497430

Hi

Can we please have a MSI "silent install" feature. It
would be great if the installer can accept parameters
and also use and expand environment variables like
%ServerName%, etc.

Example:

/S -- where S=Silent Install
/IF -- where IF=Inputfile containing custom settings
/H -- where H=Display Tray Icon Yes or No

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Version 4.0 allow unattended installation, see www.health-monitor.com