Silent installation and uninstallation of Windows On-Premise Poller
Silent installation of an On-Premise Poller on Windows
Follow the steps below for the silent installation of an On-Premise Poller on a Windows server:
- Download the install.iss file.
- Open the install.iss file in an editor and navigate to line 20.
- Locate the szMsg key and enter your Device Key. You can obtain the Device Key from the Site24x7 web client (Admin > Developer > Device Key).Example: szMsg=<Device key>
Note: Delete the install.iss file once the installation is completed. - Navigate to line 23. By default, the installation will be in the C:\Program Files (x86) folder. You can change the installation location by specifying the value for the szDir key.
Example: szDir=<Installation Location> - Execute the following command as an administrator in the Command Prompt:"<On-Premise Poller setup>" -s -a -s -f1"<ISSPath>" -f2"<logpath>Install.log"
Before executing the command, take a note of the following points:
- Depending on your OS (64-bit or 32-bit), replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with the default path or your configured installation path.
Example: Replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe - Replace <ISSPath> with the location where the install.iss file is saved.
Example: Replace <ISSPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\install.iss - Replace <LogPath> with the path where log files should be created.
Example: Replace <LogPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\Install.log
The f2 is optional. By default, setup.log will be created in the current execution directory.
Refer to the below sample command:
C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe" -s -a -s -f1"C:\Users\Downloads\install.iss" -f2"C:\Users\Downloads\install.log
After successful installation, the Install.log file will look like this:
Silent installation of an On-Premise Poller on Windows with Proxy setting
- Download the install-proxy.iss file.
- Open the install-proxy.iss file in an editor and navigate to line 21.
- Locate the szMsg key and enter your Device Key. You can obtain the Device Key from the Site24x7 web client (Admin > Developer > Device Key).
Example: szMsg=<Device key> - Provide the proxy details in the install-proxy.iss file at lines 30, 31, 32, 33 of the following parameters:
Host: <hostname>
Port: <portnumber>
Username: <your_username>
Password: <your_password>
Ensure that the details are entered correctly before proceeding with the setup. - Navigate to line 24. By default, the installation will be in C:\Program Files (x86) folder. You can change the installation location by specifying the value for the szDir key.
Example: szDir = <Installation Location> - Execute the following command as an administrator in the Command Prompt:"<On-Premise Poller setup>" -s -a -s -f1"<ISSPath>" -f2"<logpath>install-proxy.log"
Before executing the command, consider the following: - Based on your OS architecture (64-bit or 32-bit), replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with the default or configured installation path.
Example: Replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe - Replace <ISSPath> with the directory where the install-proxy.iss file is stored.
Example: Replace <ISSPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\install-proxy.iss - Replace <LogPath> with the desired location for storing log files.
Example: Replace <LogPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\install.log
Important: Delete the install-proxy.iss file once the installation is completed.
The f2 is optional. By default, setup.log will be created in the current execution directory.
Refer to the below sample command:
"C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe" -s -a -s -f1"C:\Users\Downloads\install-proxy.iss" -f2"C:\Users\Downloads\install.log"
Silent uninstallation of an On-Premise Poller on Windows
Follow the steps below for the silent uninstallation of an On-Premise Poller on a Windows server:
- To stop the On-Premise Poller service in Windows:
- Navigate to Start > Settings > Control Panel. Under Administrative Tools, click Services. Alternatively, you can search for services.msc using the Run dialog box. Then, stop the Site24x7 On-Premise Poller service as an administrator.
- You can also execute the following command in the Command Prompt:
- Download the uninstall.iss file.
- Execute the following command as an administrator in the Command Prompt:
- Replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with the default or configured installation path of the On-Premise Poller installer file.
Example: Replace <On-Premise Poller setup> with C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe - Replace <ISSPath> with the location where the uninstall.iss file is saved.
Example: Replace <ISSPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\uninstall.iss - Replace <LogPath> with the desired directory for storing log files.
Example: Replace <LogPath> with C:\Users\Downloads\uninstall.log
net stop SITE24X7_ONPREMISEMONITOR
"<On-Premise Poller setup>" -s -a -s -f1"<ISSPath>" -f2"<logpath>Uninstall.log"
Before executing the command, consider the following:
The f2 is optional. By default, setup.log will be created in the current execution directory.
Refer to the below sample command:
"C:\Users\Downloads\Site24x7OnPremisePoller_64bit.exe" -s -a -s -f1"C:\Users\Downloads\uninstall.iss" -f2"C:\Users\Downloads\uninstall.log"
After successful uninstallation, the uninstall.log file will look like this:
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