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Configuring RapidMiner Server without a Display
You can configure a machine that does not have an attached display monitor or does not support a graphical user interface (a "headless installation") by using the XML file you created in step 4 of the full server package installation. (In that step, you should have selected Install RapidMiner Server on a headless machine as the installation type to create the file.) The XML installer file contains all the information you entered in the installer. For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<entry key="db_url">localhost</entry>
<entry key="db_port">3306</entry>
<entry key="server_service_id_overwrite">null</entry>
<entry key="eula_accepted">true</entry>
<entry key="server_port">8080</entry>
<entry key="db_password">MyDBpassword</entry>
<entry key="mail_password">MyMailPassword</entry>
<entry key="installation_directory">C:\Users\TestUser\rapidminer-server\rapidminer-server-9.0.0</entry>
<entry key="license_key">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</entry>
<entry key="server_host">HOSTNAME</entry>
<entry key="job_container_max_memory">2048</entry>
<entry key="db_driverclass">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</entry>
<entry key="server_register_as_service">false</entry>
<entry key="queue_port">5672</entry>
<entry key="mail_port">25</entry>
<entry key="server_service_linux_variant">SUSE</entry>
<entry key="mail_properties"/>
<entry key="mail_sender">rapidminer-server@example.com</entry>
<entry key="db_system">MySQL</entry>
<entry key="memory_max">8096</entry>
<entry key="radoop_proxy_port">1081</entry>
<entry key="mail_url">smtp.example.com</entry>
<entry key="server_service_name">RapidMiner_Server</entry>
<entry key="java_home">C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172</entry>
<entry key="db_user">db_user</entry>
<entry key="server_service_id">RMS900-SVC</entry>
<entry key="db_driver_path_is_relative">true</entry>
<entry key="job_container_count">2</entry>
<entry key="job_agent_bundled">true</entry>
<entry key="server_host_bind_only">false</entry>
<entry key="radoop_proxy_enable">false</entry>
<entry key="home_directory">C:\Users\TestUser\rapidminer-server\rapidminer-server-home</entry>
<entry key="mail_user">admin</entry>
<entry key="db_schema">rapidminer_server</entry>
<entry key="db_driver_path">mysql-connector-java-5.1.31-bin.jar</entry>
</properties>
Note that if you created the file on Windows and are installing it on Linux (or vice versa), you will need to edit the file to make operating system-specific changes.
Prerequisites for running a headless install
In addition to the prerequisites noted for the standard installation, the following are required to successfully complete an installation from the RapidMiner Server installation script:
- Java 8 (either JDK or JRE) on the server you are installing on.
- Access from the current server to the RapidMiner service database.
- Write access to all required directories.
Running the installation
To use the captured installation script:
Copy the installation script and the rapidminer-server-installer-x.x.x.zip file to the headless machine on which RapidMiner Server will be installed.
Log in to the headless machine using a remote shell (for example, SSH for Linux or PuTTY for Windows).
Extract the contents of the .zip file to a temporary installation directory (for example, use
unzip rapidminer-server-installer-x.x.x.zipon GNU/Linux based systems to extract all installation files).From the bin directory (inside the RapidMiner Server temporary installation directory), run either:
Linux:
./rapidminer-server-installer <file_name>.xml
or Windows:
rapidminer-server-installer.bat <file_name>.xml
When the command completes, return to the standard installation instructions to start RapidMiner Server.