PushInfoPrint Manager to a remote system (unattended)

Important: The push installation method requires ssh access to all the remote systems on which you want to install InfoPrint Manager. For security reasons, only SSH public key authentication is allowed.

The following SSH requirements must be met before installing InfoPrint Manager:

  • public key authentication must be enabled and functional for the root user on all the remote systems
  • fingerprint of the server's public key must be already accepted.

The following SSH restrictions are enforced by the InfoPrint Manager installer on the command line:

ClearAllForwardings enabled
ForwardAgent disabled
ForwardX11 disabled
KbdInteractiveAuthentication disabled
PasswordAuthentication disabled

To make an unattended remote push installation of InfoPrint Manager:

  1. Set up the InfoPrint Manager software server by following the instructions described in Configuring the InfoPrint Manager software server.
  2. Follow steps 1-9 of the installation procedure described in Installing InfoPrint Manager server software and features locally with the Installer.
  3. Enter yes when asked if you want to create an ipin_response file for an unattended installation. Enter the name of the IP address for the remote system and leave blank for the name of the local system.
  4. Use your Linux editor of choice to edit the ipin_response file. Accept the License Agreement by setting acceptLicense to 1.
      Note:
    • Create an ipin_response file for each host where InfoPrint Manager will be installed.
  5. Copy the ipin_response file to a location on the remote system such as the /ip_remote/auto directory. For example, assume /ip_remote/auto has these contents:
    /ip_remote/auto/server1
/ip_remote/auto/linus.east
/ip_remote/auto/node5
      Note:
    • The response file names above are just examples. The response files can have any file name that you want.
  6. As the root user, run the following command to perform the InfoPrint Manager installation on all remote systems configured in the /ip_remote/auto directory:
    /ip_remote/remote_install -m
    Note:
  • The remote_install script creates an installation log file for each remote system configured in the /ip_remote/auto directory. The logs are created in the var/log/pd/install/<infoprint manager version>/ directory. The log files contain all the executed ssh commands and the response from the remote system.
  • If you are performing an upgrade, the old install log files from the remote system are automatically backed up.
  • If you have chosen to give the /ip_remote file system a different mount point, you must use the optional -s flag to identify it.
  • For troubleshooting information about the installation process, see the specific /var/log/pd/install/<infoprint manager version>/*.log files.
Parent topic: Installing InfoPrint Manager on remote systems