2.1. Installation

The popular GUI installation has three options - Quick, Full, Custom. In addition to that, there is a native installer. This command line feature has two modes - silent (or non-interactive) and interactive. This is useful for remote and multi-node installations.

Other installation enhancements:

- Enhanced prerequisite checking for Custom Installation option

- Quick Installation option installs prerequisites (Web server, database, JDK, etc.)

- Increased support for granting read/write authorities for deployment directories during installation

- Intelligent starting and stopping of services (on Windows-based systems)

- Easier Web downloads of installation image

- Support for organization-wide roll-outs of custom installs

For various ...

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