Silent, unattended, promptless install of Windows server

[Pistolero 0]

Hi all, 

 

Question, is there a way to fully automate the upgrade of the Windows EmBy server, so no human interaction is needed for a complete install?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Luke 39306]

Hi, you could probably create something using the portable install. Why do you ask?

[b0dyr0ck2006 57]

The server should auto update when it is in idle mode and there isn't users logged in

[mjktg99 35]

That is already an option..

 

[mellomade 141]

And they even force you to have automatic updates enabled even after you manually disable it!* 

 

* - this only happens when you turn off automatic upgrades and then update your server manually.  After the update it is turned back on again.  Grrr.....

[ebr 15545]

If talking about updates, this is already possible.

[Pistolero 0]

Hi all!

 

Thank you for your replies!

 

I run EmBy on a dedicated Windows 2012 R2 server as a service, so the auto update options do not appear for me. I wrote the following script to updte the server, but I still need to click to allow the setup file to run, so I cannot trigger it from a new version update and have it do its thing without a human present:

@Echo Off

REM Declaring variables
set setup=%temp%\EmbyServerSetup.exe
set url=http://embydata.com/downloads/server/release/setup.exe
set EmBySvr=MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.exe
set DashBoard=http://localhost:8096/web/dashboard.html

del %setup% >NUL
echo Stopping EmBy Server Service... Please wait...
echo *
echo *
net stop EmBy >NUL
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>NUL
start /wait /MIN sc stop EmBy >NUL
start /wait /MIN taskkill /im %EmBySvr% /f /t >NUL
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1>NUL
echo *
echo *
echo Now downloading the latest build of the server setup app. Please wait...
echo *
echo *
start /wait /MIN wget %url% --output-document=%setup%
echo *
echo *
echo Now installing the new build. Please wait...
start /wait %setup%
echo *
echo *
ping -n 15 127.0.0.1>NUL
GOTO CheckInst


:CheckInst
REM cmd /c exit /b 0 >NUL
set inst=MediaBrowser.Server.Installer.exe
echo Checking whether the setup process is still running. Please wait...
ping -n 45 127.0.0.1>NUL
TASKLIST /FO LIST | FINDSTR /I %inst% >NUL
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
	echo Setup completed!
	GOTO CheckProc
) ELSE (
	echo Setup process is still runnning. Please wait...
)
GOTO CheckInst

:CheckProc
REM cmd /c exit /b 0 >NUL
ping -n 30 127.0.0.1>NUL
TASKLIST /FO LIST | FINDSTR /I %EmBySvr% >NUL
if ERRORLEVEL 0 (
echo "Starting Service, please wait"
GOTO StartSvc
) else (
echo Checking whether the EmBy process is running to kill it and start the service
echo *
echo EmBy Server Process is still runnning. Please wait...
)
GOTO :CheckProc

:StartSvc
echo Starting EmBy service now. Please wait...
start /wait /MIN taskkill /im %EmBySvr% /f /t >NUL
ping -n 5 127.0.0.0>NUL
net start EmBy >NUL
ping -n 5 127.0.0.0>NUL
start /wait /MIN sc start EmBy >NUL
GOTO exit

:EXIT
TASKLIST /FO LIST | FINDSTR /I %EmBySvr% >NUL
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
echo "Starting Service please wait"
GOTO StartSvc
) else (
echo Server successfully installed! Bye!
ping -n 3 127.0.0.0>NUL
start %DashBoard%
del %setup%
)

So, I think my showstopper is the setup program itself, which then downloads the actual EmBy bits and installs them: http://embydata.com/downloads/server/release/setup.exe

 

Is there a switch I can use with this setup.exe to make it fully silent when executed, or, can I get the direct URL from where the actual bits are downloaded by it?

 

BTW, please feel free to plagiarize my script if it'll work for you. And if you can make it better please share it back

Edited October 25, 2016 by Pistolero

[ebr 15545]

You don't need to run the setup program each time.

 

Do a search on this forum. There are already a couple of scripts posted out here to handle updates while running as a service.

 

Or you could just run as a normal app under a user and it will be all automatic.