Performing an unattended installation v17

To specify that the installer should run without user interaction, include the --mode unattended command line option. In unattended mode, the installer uses one of the following sources for configuration parameters:

• Command line options (specified when invoking the installer)
• Parameters specified in an option file
• EDB Postgres Advanced Server installation defaults

You can embed the non-interactive EDB Postgres Advanced Server installer within another application installer; during the installation process, a progress bar allows the user to view the progression of the installation.

You must have administrative privileges to install EDB Postgres Advanced Server using the --mode unattended option. If you are using the --mode unattended option to install EDB Postgres Advanced Server with a client, the calling client must be invoked with superuser or administrative privileges.

To start the installer in unattended mode, navigate to the directory that contains the executable file, and enter:

edb-as<xx>-server-xx.x.x-x-windows-x64.exe --mode unattended --superpassword
database_superuser_password --servicepassword system_password

Where <xx> is the EDB Postgres Advanced Server version number.

When invoking the installer, include the --servicepassword option to specify an operating system password for the user installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server.

Use the --superpassword option to specify a password that conforms to the password security policies defined on the host; enforced password policies on your system may not accept the default password (enterprisedb).