This section describes the general procedure that has to be followed for setting up an unattended Velocity Server/Client/Workstation installation.
Note: Before setting up an unattended installation make sure you configure firewall rules through your deployment tools.
The unattended Velocity installation and update for server/client/workstation are available from the Identiv Website. To set up an unattended installation the user must complete these tasks:
Download the “UnattendedInstall(build-3.8.4.xxxx).zip”.
Extract the .zip file.
Locate the "unattededInstall.xml" file from the extracted zip file.
This UnattendedInstall(build-3.8.4.xxxx).zip contains a configuration file named UnattendedInstall.xml that allows the user to define the options needed to be auto-selected during the installation without user intervention. The unattended installation is compatible with any deployment software.Each section in the UnattendedInstall XML configuration file mentioned below has three parts:
Description: A message box that the user would see, or otherwise a description of the item being silenced. For example, the <Description> tag contains setting definitions and values for the type of installation (Server/Client/Workstation).
PossibleValues: A name/value pair of possible choices for the current item. For example, <PossibleValues> tag values are by default set to 0. To modify the answers, simply change the number between the <Value> tag.
Value: The chosen value that is either 0 or 1 that the Update will use if required by the update logic flow. The value is set to 0 for No and 1 for Yes.
After making the necessary changes in the respective XML configuration files for unattended server, unattended client, and unattended workstation installations, the extracted folder is zipped.
Compress the .zip file back to “UnattendedInstall(build-3.8.4.xxxx).zip”.
To deploy the Velocity update using the deployment tool:
Upload the “UnattendedInstall(build-3.8.4.xxxx).zip” file as a package/application in the deployment tool.
Note: Make configurations to select the list of all client machines where update needs to be applied.Configure such that the deployment application runs the UnattendedInstall.exe file (this exe file will read all the configurations/options from the XML file and will install accordingly).
Make configuration to run the UnattendedInstall.exe as a (domain) Admin user.
When the deployment process starts, the deployment tool will automatically download the zip file to the server, extract the zip, and will run UnattendedInstall.exe as Admin and the update will continue according to the options configured in the UnattendedInstall.xml file.
Note: For any information about errors that may occur during the unattended installation operation, refer to the Velocity_Install.txt log file in the “C:\Windows\Temp\Velocity.Installer” folder location.
Unattended Installation XML Configuration File
Unattended Server Installation - Existing SQL instance
Unattended Server Installation - new SQL instance
Unattended Client Installation