Running the Interactive Installer

The Deployment Automation interactive server installer uses a wizard that guides you through the installation process.

1. Download and unzip the installer zip file.
2. Launch the Deployment Automation installer.

   For Windows

   Run the following installer executable as a Windows local system user:

   • Windows 64-bit: MicroFocusDA-Server64.exe

   For UNIX/Linux

   Run the following installer executable as a user with root privileges:

   MicroFocusDA-Server.bin

   Note: The interactive server installer is available only for Linux and AIX. For other UNIX platforms, you must manually install. See Manual Server Installation.

   After the welcome dialog box appears, click Next

3. Accept the license agreement. Click Next.
4. Specify the path where you want to install Deployment Automation. Click Next.
5. In the General Program Settings dialog box, select the location where settings will be saved. Click Change to select a different directory. Configure the following options:
   • Use existing settings

     Select this option to install the server using existing settings and maintain the current database.

   • Skip database creation

     Select this option if you are installing Deployment Automation on an additional server for high availability and do not want to overwrite the settings you provided during the initial install.

     If selected, decryption keys should be available in the DA profile. The property skipEncKeysCreation (default value: true) is automatically added to installed.properties located in the DA server directory. When the server starts, random encryption keys are not created in the profile directory even if they do not exist. Hard-coded encryption keys are used instead.

     To add decryption keys, copy the folder enc-keys from <existing profile location>/conf/server to <new profile location>/conf/server. Restart the server

   • JMS connection port

     Enter the JMS port that agents will use to connect to the server.

   • Agent Mutual Authentication

     Select this option to configure increased security between agents and the server.

   Click Next.
6. In the Database Selection dialog box, select the type of database you will use. Click Next.
7. In the Database Details dialog box, edit the Database Connection String for your database, and then enter the database user name and password.

   Database	Database Connection String
   Derby	To use the built-in Derby database (for evaluation purposes only), enter a password for the database user, and then click Next.
   SQL Server	Use the format: jdbc:sqlserver://serverName:1433;DatabaseName=da
   Oracle	If you are using a service name, use the format: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//serverName:1521/da If you are using an instance name, use the format: jdbc:oracle:thin:@serverName:1521:da Where da represents your Oracle SID. Note: For Oracle databases, the schema name must be the same as the user name.

   Tip: If you need to change the database password after the install, navigate to the profile location conf\server directory and update the hibernate.connection.password property. By default for Windows this is in the following file:

   C:\Users\username\.microfocus\da\conf\server\installed.properties

   After the password is updated, restart the Common Tomcat where the Deployment Automation server is installed. The hibernate.connection.password property will be encrypted after the server starts if it is not already encrypted.

   After you have entered the connection information, click Next.
8. In the Administrator Details dialog box, enter the user name and password to create a Deployment Automation administrator account. You will use this user name and password to log in to Deployment Automation for the first time.
   Note: You cannot change this account later; therefore, enter the user name according to your organization's naming standards.
   Click Next.
9. In the Configuration Details dialog box, enter the port number for Common Tomcat. The default is 8080.
   Note: For Windows installations, Common Tomcat is run under the Windows System Account by default. If it's necessary to run this under a specific user, such as when you are using network shares that Deployment Automation must have permission to access as part of its core processing, you must change the login information in the Common Tomcat service properties. The default service name is Micro Focus Common Tomcat 8. For details on changing Tomcat service properties, see the Apache Tomcat documentation.

   Click Next.

10. Click Install. The Deployment Automation server installation finishes and the summary dialog box appears.