If you want to deploy the Boring Toolbox to several Milestone XProtect Management servers silently (no GUI), you can do this with the following switches in an elevated command prompt.
Note: Please read the installation instructions carefully to understand the necessary prerequisites and considerations.
- Open PowerShell as Administrator
- Browse to the folder where you have downloaded the Boring Toolbox installer
For new installations
- Run the command below if you are OK with the default database name of BoringBase.
.\BoringServerComplete-5.23.0905.exe /exenoui /qn SILENT="1"
- To use a custom database name during the silent installation:
.\BoringServerComplete-6.25.0123.exe /exenoui /qn BORINGDATABASE_NAME="BoringBaseCustom"
Custom database names should only be implemented when you have a database cluster configuration with multiple XProtect management servers sharing that same cluster. In simpler terms, if you have several XProtect management servers all connecting to and storing their data in the same database cluster, each server should use a unique database name to prevent conflicts and data corruption.
For upgrades
- Run the command below. The installer will automatically recognize the database name, whether default or custom.
.\BoringServerComplete-5.23.0905.exe /exenoui /qn SILENT="1"
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Is it possible to install the Boring Toolbox Service silently? If so, what are the switches?
Hi Jim Erwin,
You can actually use the same switches for the Boring API. I will go ahead and update this KB to mention that as well. Example below:
BoringServiceInstaller-3.19.1024.exe /exenoui /qn
Thank you, Ronen. I tried running with the switches and it worked. Thank you for the prompt response!
I now have a PS script that will install the Service followed by Toolbox on all Milestone Management servers.
Now I plan to tweak the script to see the Servers through AD groups.
Woot Woot!
Awesome Jim! So glad that worked for you.
Also, many thanks to YOU for helping our Boring community :)
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