The Configuration Wizard creates multiple
files to help you complete your configuration objectives in a three-step
process (Answer Questions, Customize
Values, and Configure). When you
select an option to customize for a specific configuration scenario,
you provide information about your environment. Instructions, scripts,
and helper files with updated property values are created to guide
you in completing your configuration goal. You can run your configuration
in real time or you can save your settings to use on another server.
Procedure
- From the Configuration Wizard, click
an option to customize your configuration goal.
Answer Questions
- If you saved values from a previous session, click Upload Saved
Selections to locate the .xml file with your values.
Then, click Load.
- Answer questions about your environment, configuration
goals, and preferences. The Configuration Wizard uses
these values to filter steps when it creates your scripts. For example, you can select the targeted operating system
where portal is installed to customize the instructions and scripts
that are created for your environment.
- Click the forward arrow to proceed to Customize
Values.
Customize Values
- Review parameter and property values. Use the default values
or enter new values. Default values are provided for some parameters.
Sample values are also provided to guide you through the configuration
process. To see more parameters that are not part of the basic configuration
path, click Advanced.
- Click the forward arrow to proceed to Configure.
Configure
You can start your configuration on the same
system that you are using to access the configuration wizard or save
your settings to use on another server.
- Click Download Wizard Selections to
save your configuration settings to configure similar environments.
By saving your settings, you can reuse parameter values in the future.
When you use this option, an XML file is created for you to download
with the information that you provided.
- Review parameter and property values. Some
of the properties and parameters that display might not be relevant
to your task.
- Click Download Configuration Scripts to
create a compressed file that contains scripts, instructions, and
other files. This compressed file is downloaded to the
location specified in your browser download settings. The configuration
wizard creates the following files:
- Instruction file (html) named after your task
- The instruction file provides you with tailored steps for your
configuration and your target operating system. Based on the information
that you provided when customizing your task, an instruction file
is created. This file guides you when you run scripts in combination
with other manual configuration steps for your specific configuration
goal.
- Scripts
- Depending on the conditions of your environment, the script files use a .sh or .bat file extension or are simple text files.
Use the scripts, along with other manual configuration steps described by your instruction file, to
run your configuration. For example, your script file might provide you with a script to run a
ConfigEngine task rather than you running the task.
- Updated properties
- Configuration helper files with updated property values entered
for your configuration are created when customizing your task. You
can use these helper files to save time.
- .wfi file
- File used for troubleshooting your task.
- Click Start Configuration to run
your configuration.