Performing a Silent Installation (Linux)

To select which components of FME Flow to install, use the following set of properties. These properties can be set to either "Yes" or "No" (case-sensitive). The default values are "Yes".

Feature	Property
FME Flow Core	FEATURE_FMEFlowCore_INSTALL
Web Services	FEATURE_Services_INSTALL
FME Engine	FEATURE_FMEEngine_INSTALL
FME Flow Database (on PostgreSQL)	FEATURE_FMEFlowDatabase_INSTALL

The following table lists the installation properties that you can specify in the install.cfg file, and their default values if left unset. These properties correspond to properties that can be adjusted in the user dialogs of a standard installation.

Property	Default Value	Description
COREHOSTNAME	localhost if an Express installation; otherwise, the machine name on which the installer is running.	Host name of the machine that runs the FME Flow Core.
INSTALLDIR	/opt/fmeflow	The FME Flow install directory.
FMEFLOWSHAREDDATA	[INSTALLDIR]	The path to the FME Flow System Share directory, where FME Flow stores Repositories and Resources files. Path names are case-sensitive.
NODENAME	The machine name on which the installer is running	If you are installing an FME Core or FME Engines, use this property to advertise a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for how other distributed components connect to this COREHOSTNAME. Specify a FQDN that resolves to the IP address of the machine via DNS.
DATABASETYPE	Default	The database server type that will be used for the FME Flow Database. Possible values are Default, MSSQL, Oracle, PostGreSQL. Default assumes the PostgreSQL database that is included with the FME Flow installer and located on the same machine. Note  PostgreSQL is the recommended database server with FME Flow, offering enhanced performance and stability through targeted optimizations.
DATABASEHOST	[COREHOSTNAME]	The host that the database is on. This should only be specified if DATABASETYPE is not Default.
DATABASEPORT	MSSQL: 1433 PostGreSQL: 5432 Oracle: 1521	The port to connect to the database. This should only be specified if DATABASETYPE is not Default.
INSTANCENAME		If DATABASETYPE is MSSQL, the SQL Server instance name to use for connecting to the database, instead of DATABASEPORT.
DATABASECONNECTIONSTRING	A connection string is generated based on the values of DATABASETYPE, DATABASEHOST, DATABASEPORT, and (if specified) INSTANCENAME.	The JDBC connection string for connecting to the FME Flow Database.
ORACLESID		The SID for the Oracle database. Must be specified only if DATABASETYPE is Oracle.
JDBCDRIVER		If your database requires a JDBC driver that Safe does not provide, specify the full path to it here, and it will be copied to the appropriate place in the install directory.
DATABASEUSER	fmeflow	The FME Flow Database user account name. This property applies regardless of the value specified by DATABASETYPE. Warning  If DATABASETYPE is Default, do not specify postgres. This name corresponds to the PostgreSQL master user. If the corresponding passwords do not match, the database will not install.
DATABASEPASSWORD		The password for the FME Flow Database user name. Note  The password for the FME Flow Database user account is encrypted in FME Flow installation files.
PGDATADIR	/opt/fmeflow//Utilities/pgsql/data	If DATABASETYPE=Default, the directory to contain the data for the FME Flow PostgreSQL database.
SERVLETTYPE	Default	The type of Application Server (servlet engine) you will use with FME Flow. Possible values are Default or Apache (Tomcat). Default installs the Apache Tomcat servlet provided with the FME Flow installer.
EXTERNALHOSTNAME	[COREHOSTNAME]	The hostname on which the Web Application Server is installed, or the hostname of the load balancer serving the Web Application Server, if applicable.
NGINXPORT	80	If SERVLETTYPE is Default, the listening port of the NGINX reverse proxy.
SERVLETPORT	8080	If SERVLETTYPE is Default, the listening port of the Apache Tomcat servlet engine host. Must be different from EXTERNALPORT.
EXTERNALPORT	[SERVLETPORT]	If applicable, a load balancer port or port that is otherwise different from the SERVLETPORT on which the Web Application Server is listening.
WEBAPPSDIR	[INSTALLDIR]\Utilities\tomcat\webapps	If an Apache Tomcat servlet is already installed on the machine, the path to the webapps directory for the servlet engine, for installing WAR files. This is a necessary property for distributed web applications.
SHAREDTOMCATLIB	[INSTALLDIR]\Utilities\tomcat\lib	If an Apache Tomcat servlet is already installed on the machine, the path to the lib directory for the servlet engine, for installing JAR files. This is a necessary property for distributed web applications.
CONFIGSELINUX	Yes	If SERVLETTYPE is "Default" and installation is on a Red Hat or Rocky Linux distribution, the SELinux module must be configured to work with the NGINX reverse proxy. Note  The NGINX reverse proxy allows easy SSL configuration with the Apache Tomcat web application server, and the ability to choose ports under 1024 without root permission. To configure SELinux, specify Yes. Else, No.
NOLOGPREFIX	No	If Yes, FME Flow log file names are not prefixed with the server host name.
FIRSTLOGINCHANGEPASSWORD	true	If true, the user will be prompted to update the admin password upon initial login to the FME Flow Web User Interface following installation. If false, updating the admin password will not be required upon initial login.

If you plan to run workspaces that reference Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database (MSSQL_*) readers and writers, you must manually install the SQL Server Native Client and Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server on all machines that host FME Engines. To install, navigate to the [INSTALLDIR] and run the following:

msiexec /i sqlncli.msi /qb

msiexec /i SQLSysClrTypes.msi /qb

Install with all default options (similar to Express install), to /home/user/fmeflow

INSTALLDIR="/home/user/fmeflow"

Install the FME Flow Core only with an FME Flow System Share directory on a share on another machine named "\\machine1\share"

FMEFLOWSHAREDDATA="/mnt/machine1/share"

FEATURE_FMEFlowCore_INSTALL="Yes"

FEATURE_FMEEngine_INSTALL="No"

FEATURE_Services_INSTALL="No"

Express install, but with an MSSQL database located on another server

DATABASETYPE=MSSQL

DATABASEHOST=DatabaseMachine

DATABASEPORT=1433

Install the Web Services feature only with an Apache Tomcat Servlet Engine:

FMEFLOWSHAREDDATA="\\CoreMachine\share"

SERVLETTYPE=Apache

SERVLETPORT=8080

WEBAPPSDIR="C:\Program Files\tomcat\webapps"

FEATURE_FMEFlowCore_INSTALL="No"

FEATURE_FMEEngine_INSTALL="No"

FEATURE_Services_INSTALL="Yes"

FME Engine-only install, with all other FME Flow components on another server named "machine1"

COREHOSTNAME="machine1"

INSTALLDIR="/home/user/FMEFlow"

FMEFLOWSHAREDDATA="\\machine1\FMEFlowSystemShare"

DATABASETYPE="PostGreSQL"

DATABASEHOST="FMEFlowCore"

DATABASEPORT="7082" SERVLETPORT="80"

FEATURE_FMEFlowCore_INSTALL="No"

FEATURE_FMEEngine_INSTALL="Yes"

FEATURE_Services_INSTALL="No"