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Good to know

  • The response.varfile file contains the options specified during the installation wizard steps of your previous Jira installation. Don't uninstall your previous Jira installation until after you've copied this file to your new install location.

  • If you decide to modify the response.varfile file, make sure all directory paths specified are absolute, for example, sys.installationDir=C\:\‌\Program Files\\CostOS_Workstation

  • Do not forget to accept the license terms adding the row acceptlicense=yes on the response.varfile


Install a CostOS application workstation in unattended mode

  1. Download the installer of CostOS Workstation
  2. Copy <installation-directory>/.install4j/response.varfile from your existing CostOS workstation installation to where you downloaded the installer. 
  3. In command prompt or terminal change directory (cd) to where you downloaded the installer. 
  4. Run the following command to install CostOS workstaion:
    CostOS_Workstation_X.X.XXX.exe -q -varfile response.varfile

Where -X.X.XXX is the CostOS Workstation version you downloaded. 

-q instructs the installer to run in unattended mode (quietly).  -varfile specifies the location and name of the configuration file containing the options used by the installer. 

-console Use parameter to print installation process on command window.

Installation Log file

you can always get your silent installation log file from the following file <installation-directory>/.install4j/installation.log
Additionally you can use the following params on your execution command line to store log files in a deferent location

CostOS_Workstation_X.X.XXX.exe -q -varfile response.varfile -Dinstall4j.alternativeLogfile="C:\Program Files\CostOS_Workstation\installation-configure.log" -Dinstall4j.noPermanentLogFile=true


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