Installing Station Software in Text User Interface (TUI) Mode on Linux

A graphics card is not required to use the Text User Interface (TUI) installation procedure. The Isight 2024 installer prompts you to answer questions in text mode in your machine’s command-line interpreter (terminal).

Note the following while proceeding for the installation in TUI mode:

  • If you want to continue with the default value, press Enter. If you want to modify the value, type the value and then press Enter.
  • Special commands are available if you want to go back to the previous question, clear the default entry, or quit the installation. Entries beginning with the "!" character are considered to be special commands:
    • Type !b and hit Enter to go to the previous page.
    • Type !c and hit Enter to clear the default value.
    • Type !q and hit Enter to quit.
  • If you want to have an entry beginning with a "!" that is not a command, you must precede it by an additional "!". For example, if the question is to enter a password, and if your password is !xoxo, you must write !!xoxo.
  • Check boxes are used to facilitate selection of multiple options. Check boxes are identified by [ ]: 
    		1 [ ]: unselected check box
		2 [*]: selected check box
    To select or clear a check box, enter its corresponding number and press Enter. Press -1 to select all the check boxes and 0 to clear all.
  • For radio buttons, only one choice is possible. Radio buttons are identified by ( ): 
    	1 ( ): unselected radio button
	2 (*): selected radio button
    To select a radio button, enter its corresponding number and press Enter (this will automatically unselect the previous choice).
Note: If you select the SIMULIA Execution Engine as the product to be installed, you should not enable the launch of TomEE Configuration Utility during your TUI mode installation; the GUI based installation, and the installation will not be completely text based.

  1. Open a Command Prompt window on Windows or a shell window on UNIX. The command must be launched from an elevated command prompt from Windows 7 or later.
  2. Insert the Isight installation DVD, or extract the archive file of the installation media and go to the following directory: 

    <dvd_media_dir>/SIMULIA_Isight/Linux64/1

  3. Launch the TUI mode installation by running the following command. 

    ./StartTUI.sh

  4. Press Enter to continue.
  5. Provide the path to the destination directory into which the software will be installed and press Enter to continue.

    You can press Enter if you want to install the software on the default path.

  6. Press 0 and Enter then press 3 and Enter to select SIMULIA Execution Engine Station as the product to install: 

    1 [ ] Isight Desktop
2 [ ] SIMULIA Execution Engine
3 [*] SIMULIA Execution Engine Station

    The state of check box preceding a product name indicates the selection state of the product that will be installed. You can choose any combination of these components to install on different computers and servers.

    Press Enter to confirm the selection to proceed to next step.

  7. If you want to create a connection profile (.cpr) file to connect Isight Clients to a SIMULIA Execution Engine server during installation time, select the radio button preceding the appropriate application server and press Enter: 

    1 ( ) Skip this for now
2 ( ) TomEE
3 (*) Websphere

    Enter the server host name and press Enter.

    Enter the port number and press Enter.

    • Server Host Name. The host name of the computer running the SIMULIA Execution Engine server application.

      Note: If the SIMULIA Execution Engine will be accessed from computers in multiple network domains (for example, domain1.xxx.com and domain2.xxx.com), you must specify the fully qualified host name (for example, host.domain1.xxx.com).

    • Server Port Number

    If an Isight Client application will use a SIMULIA Execution Engine, it must have a connection profile specific to the application server being used. The .cpr file must be located in the following directory:

    <isight_install_dir>/config/

    An initial configuration profile named standalone.cpr is provided for standalone Isight operation. Additional connection profiles can be created later by using the Edit Logon Profile tool. See Creating a SIMULIA Execution Engine Connection Profile for more details.

  8. Select the type of license server software you will use and press Enter, or skip the licensing selection for now: 

    1 (*) SIMULIA FLEXnet
2 ( ) DSLS
3 ( ) Skip licensing configuration

    If you or your system administrator already have the FlexNet or Dassault Systèmes license server installed and running, press Enter to specify the server computer's host name, press Enter to specify port number. This information is used to contact the license server and create a licensing client file that references the server. If you have installed a redundant license server triad, enter the host name and port for all three machines, or you can continue pressing Enter to keep blank values for the remaining license server host name and port fields.

  9. Verify the information on the Summary text that corresponds to the entries made earlier (type !b and press Enter to go back and make some modifictions, if necessary).
  10. Press Enter to allow the installer to complete the installation.
  11. After the installation completes, you can edit the values in the station.properties file to customize the behavior of the station. For more information, see Configuring SIMULIA Execution Engine Station Properties.

    The station.properties file is installed in the \config\ subdirectory:

    <station_install_dir>\config\

    In particular, you should decide whether you want to change the following properties:

    • Station Affinities. Any affinity setting in addition to the default of the station name and the platform. For more information on affinities, see About Station Affinities.

    • Default log level. The default setting is Info. For more information on these settings, see About Log Message Detail Levels.

    • Temp directory. The default is the current user’s temporary directory. If you want to change this setting, select a directory that has the following characteristics:

      • Is not a temporary file system. This disk space must never be reclaimed automatically. This rules out any directories that are cleared during a restart or during an automatic disk space cleanup.
      • Preferably on a local disk on the station host system. If there is insufficient local storage space, a NAS device can be used; however, this setup is not recommended.

      Important: You must change this setting if you plan to use the SIMULIA Execution Engine station security (Run-As) feature. You must use a directory that can be accessed by all users (for example, c:\temp). For more information on Run-As specifications, including how to change the station temporary directory after an installation, see About File System Security With Run-As. For more information on determining or changing directory permissions, contact your local system administrator.