Automated SharePoint 2010 Install with PowerShell
In one of my previous posts, I walked through how to provision a SharePoint farm using PowerShell. You can also install SharePoint from a CD using PowerShell as well. I use this in my lab at home so I don’t have to attend the installs when I am rebuilding my virtual machines.
<Update: Product Keys>
SharePoint Server 2010 Beta (Enterprise Client Access License features) product keys:
PKXTJ-DCM9D-6MM3V-G86P8-MJ8CY
BV7VC-RMR6B-26P6Y-BTQDG-DX2KQ
Here’s the breakdown:
1. Create an XML file that looks like this. This will do a Full Farm Install (quietly). For other config files, check out e:\Files\SetupFarmSilent\config.xml (e: is the drive with SharePoint on it)
sharepointInstall_config.xml
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<Configuration>
<Package Id="sts">
<Setting Id="LAUNCHEDFROMSETUPSTS" Value="Yes"/>
</Package>
<Package Id="spswfe">
<Setting Id="SETUPCALLED" Value="1"/>
<Setting Id="OFFICESERVERPREMIUM" Value="1" />
</Package>
<Logging Type="verbose" Path="%temp%" Template="SharePoint Server Setup(*).log"/>
<PIDKEY Value="PKXTJ-DCM9D-6MM3V-G86P8-MJ8CY" />
<Setting Id="SERVERROLE" Value="APPLICATION"/>
<Setting Id="USINGUIINSTALLMODE" Value="1"/>
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
<Setting Id="SETUPTYPE" Value="CLEAN_INSTALL"/>
<INSTALLLOCATION Value="c:\Program Files\Microsoft SharePoint" />
<Display Level="Basic" CompletionNotice="Yes" AcceptEULA="Yes" />
</Configuration>
2. Next create a PowerShell script, that looks like this (save it to the same folder as the XML file above):
Install-SharePoint.ps1
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$config = "sharepointInstall_config.xml"
$bits = "e:\"
cls
Write-Progress -Activity "Installing SharePoint Quietly" -Status "Copying config file locally"
Copy-Item $config -Destination $bits
Write-Progress -Activity "Installing SharePoint Quietly" -Status "Installing SharePoint"
cmd.exe /C "$bits\setup.exe /config $config"
3. Now run your script from PowerShell, with the the working directory set to the location of your script files:
PS C:> cd sharepointScript
PS C:\sharepointScript> .\Install-SharePoint.ps1
4. Wait a few minutes and the install will complete quietly.
5. Proceed to provisioning the farm with PowerShell, here Note:
Don’t forget to set your execution policy in PowerShell to allow the script to run. Easiest (but least secure): Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted