community edition msi silent install | Log collection solutions

#1 reason 7 years ago

- Is there a flag I can pass to accept the eula?

- Is there a way to pass the path to the config file at install to automatically overwrite the config at installation time without stop/starting the process?

i.e. nxlog.msi /accepteula /install /quiet/ /conf=\\path\to\conf

So to add, if I do:

msiexec /i nxlog.msi /quiet

It will install quietly, but if I launch it with Start-Process msiexec -ArguementList "/i nxlog.msi /quiet", it will still launch the EULA splash again. So, not sure if that is a bug in PowerShell, but would still like to pass the config file at installation without having to overwrite it.

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#2 b0ti Nxlog ✓ 7 years ago

#1 reason

Two questions, I am attempting to install the nxlog-ce via powershell and the process hangs at the accept eula screen and also it seems the way to install requires copying over the default configuration file after install. - Is there a flag I can pass to accept the eula? - Is there a way to pass the path to the config file at install to automatically overwrite the config at installation time without stop/starting the process? i.e. nxlog.msi /accepteula /install /quiet/ /conf=\\path\to\conf So to add, if I do: msiexec /i nxlog.msi /quiet It will install quietly, but if I launch it with Start-Process msiexec -ArguementList "/i nxlog.msi /quiet", it will still launch the EULA splash again. So, not sure if that is a bug in PowerShell, but would still like to pass the config file at installation without having to overwrite it.

See the comment in this post. I think the arguments are not properly passed form powershell's Start-Process.

It's not possible to specify a config file, you will need to replace/edit the default config after installation.