Command-line options for installing IBM App Connect Enterprise on Windows

You can use command-line options to customize the installation process.

You can use one or more of the following options with the ACESetup13.0.n.0.exe command:

Purpose Command-line option
Accept the license. This option is mandatory when you run the installation in silent or passive mode. LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
Run the installation in silent mode; the installation is completed in the background.

You must run the command from an elevated command prompt (a command prompt where you have administrative privileges), otherwise you are prompted for an administration password.

If you use a script to run an installation in silent mode, you must ensure that the script runs in the directory where you downloaded the installation files. For more information, see Installing IBM App Connect Enterprise on Windows.

/quiet, /q, /silent, or /s
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe /quiet LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
Run the installation in passive mode. The installation progress is displayed but no user interaction is required.

You must run the command from an elevated command prompt (a command prompt where you have administrative privileges), otherwise you are prompted for an administration password.

If you use a script to run an installation in passive mode, you must ensure that the script runs in the directory where you downloaded the installation files. For more information, see Installing IBM App Connect Enterprise on Windows.

/passive
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe /passive LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
Install IBM App Connect Enterprise to a directory of your choice. InstallFolder="install_location", where install_location is the fully qualified path of the directory where you want to install IBM App Connect Enterprise.
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe InstallFolder="C:\ACEV13"
Save the installation log file in a custom location. By default, the installation log is saved in the system temporary directory. /log "log_location", where log_location is the fully qualified path to the file where you want to save the log information for the IBM App Connect Enterprise installation.
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe /log "C:\InstallLogs\ace_v13.log"
Do not install the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit. InstallToolkit=0
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe InstallToolkit=0

Do not install the IBM App Connect Enterprise Connector Discovery and OpenAPI Editor.

ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe InstallElectronApp=0

Do not install the IBM App Connect Enterprise Cloud Connectors.

ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe InstallCloudConnectors=0
Install the WebSphere® Service Registry and Repository nodes. InstallWSSRnodes=1
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe InstallWSRRnodes=1
Change the language that is used by the installation wizard.
Note: The language of the IBM App Connect Enterprise installation wizard defaults to the language set in Control Panel > Region and Language > Format.
/lang localeID, where localeID is the locale ID for the language that you want the installation wizard to use. Table 1 lists the options that you can use for the locale ID.
For example, to display the installation wizard in English when your operating system locale is not set to English, use the command:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0 /lang 1033
Uninstall IBM App Connect Enterprise. /uninstall.
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe /uninstall
List the most commonly used command-line options. /? or /help
For example:
ACESetup 13.0.n.0.exe /?
Table 1. Locale ID table
Locale ID Language code Language
1028 zh_TW Chinese (Traditional)
1031 de_DE German
1033 en_US English
1036 fr_FR French
1040 it_IT Italian
1041 ja_JP Japanese
1042 ko_KR Korean
1045 pl_PL Polish
1046 pt_BR Portuguese (Brazil)
1049 ru_RU Russian
1055 tr_TR Turkish
2052 zh_CN Chinese (Simplified)
3082 es_ES Spanish