The silent installation mode enables Cumulus Administrators to easily install Cumulus Desktop Clients on remote computers. No further interaction is required during the installation process.
NOTE: Silent installation mode is available for Windows Clients only!
To silently install the Cumulus Desktop Client on remote computers:
1. Put the Cumulus Desktop Client installer application into a network share, e.g. \\server\share\cumulus\client. Put your customized/tweaked client.xml and – for backup/security purposes – the original one (name it: client_ori.xml) into the same folder.
2. With your editor of choice, create a new file that contains the following lines:
3. Save the file as <CumulusClientInstallerName>.properties (e.g, Install_Cumulus_11_Client.properties) into the same directory as the Cumulus Desktop Client installer application.
4. Create a batch file containing the following lines:
5. Save the file as cumulus_client_silent_install.bat into the same directory as the Cumulus Desktop Client installer application and the properties file.
6. Logon as local administrator to the computer on which you want to install the Cumulus Desktop Client. Connect to the share with your prepared batch file and execute it (e.g. \\server\share\cumulus\client\cumulus_client_silent_install.bat). – You may as well logon to the computer on which you want to install the Cumulus Desktop Client as normal user. In this case, however, you must execute the batch file as administrator (run as administrator).
The install process will take about a minute. Once the command window closes, the Cumulus Desktop Client is installed on the remote computer.