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Unable to install AppDynamics Controller in silent mode

CommunityUser
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hello,

I'm unable to install the AppDynamics Controller in silent mode.

OS: Ubuntu 14.04

I installed the libaio libary with: sudo apt-get install libaio1

Created a varfile and download the controller, Version 4.0.6.0 (I had also tried version 4.0.7.0)

varfile:

######
controllerConfig=demo
iiopPort=3700
serverPort=8090
serverHostName=appdynamics-controller
haControllerType=notapplicable
controllerTenancyMode=single
adminPort=4848
sys.languageId=en
jmsPort=7676
sys.installationDir=/opt/AppDynamics/Controller
mysqlRootUserPassword=pa55word!
databasePort=3388
userName=apm
password=pa55word
rePassword=pa55word
sslPort=8181
realDataDir=/opt/AppDynamics/Controller/db/data
elasticSearchDataDir=/opt/AppDynamics/Controller/events_service/analytics-processor
disableEULA=true
rootUserPassword=pa55word!
rootUserRePassword=pa55word!
reportingServiceHTTPPort=8020
reportingServiceHTTPSPort=8021
elasticSearchPort=9200

######

Start installation in silent mode...

$ sudo ./controller_64bit_linux-4.0.6.0.sh -q -varfile response.varfile
Unpacking JRE ...
Preparing JRE ...
Starting Installer ...
The installation directory has been set to /opt/AppDynamics/Controller.
/opt/AppDynamics/Controller/checkLibaio.sh
Finishing installation ...

But there is nothing in the installation directory /opt/AppDynamics/Controller

$ ls -la /opt/AppDynamics/Controller
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 15 10:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 15 10:23 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    8 Jun 15 10:28 .libaio_status
$ cat /opt/AppDynamics/Controller/.libaio_status
SUCCESS

Where is my mistake? I'm doing exactly this as it is described in the documentation. https://docs.appdynamics.com/display/PRO40/Install+the+Controller

The installation without any silent mode works fine.

Thanks for your help.

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Arun_Dasetty
Super Champion

Hi Mario,

We understood that appdynamics-controller is valid host name that resolved to contorller instance IP? let us know if any disconnect. Can you re-rerun with installation in silent mode using the attached file and see how it goes?

Regards,

Arun

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Arun_Dasetty
Super Champion

Hi Mario,

We understood that appdynamics-controller is valid host name that resolved to contorller instance IP? let us know if any disconnect. Can you re-rerun with installation in silent mode using the attached file and see how it goes?

Regards,

Arun

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CommunityUser
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hey,

>>We understood that appdynamics-controller is valid host name that resolved to contorller instance IP?

You are absolut right! This was my mistake.

the password including special charaters is supported.

Thank you for your help 🙂

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