Installing ABBYY FineReader Server Components via the Command Line

You can install ABBYY FineReader Server components from the command line in silent mode. Run the Install.exe file from the installation CD-ROM with the command line options described below.

Option Default Value Description
/InstallationDir=<path> C:\Program Files\ABBYY FineReader Server 14 The path to the folder where ABBYY FineReader Server will be installed.
/Featurename=<true|false>

The list of components that you want to install:

  • ServerManager – Server Manager
    • SharePoint – Support for Microsoft SharePoint
    • IFilter – Support for Microsoft Search IFilter

Note. The SharePoint and IFilter components can only be installed together with the Server Manager component (or if the Server Manager component is already installed on your machine).

  • RemoteAdminConsole – Remote Administration Console
  • ProcessingStation – Processing Station
    • OfficeFiles – Support for Office file formats

Note. OfficeFiles may only be installed together with ProcessingStation or if the Processing Station is already installed on your machine.

  • ScanningStation – Scanning Station
  • IndexingStation – Indexing Station
  • VerificationStation – Verification Station
  • ComApi – COM-based API
    • WebService – Web Service API

Note. WebService can only be installed together with the ComApi component (or if the ComApi component is already installed on your machine).

Be sure to specify true for all the components to be installed. If no components are specified in the command line, the default value will be used.

To modify an already installed product, specify false for the components to be removed and true for the components to be added. Do not include in the command any components that you do not intend to modify.

/AddFirewallRules=<true|false> true Creates an exclusion for ABBYY FineReader Server in the Windows firewall.
/UseKerberosAuth=true None. By default, authentication is carried out using the NTLM protocol. Enables the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
/Language=<code> A Windows system language is used by default.

Installs ABBYY FineReader Server with the interface language specified in the command line.

Possible language codes:

1033English

3082Spanish

1031German

1049Russian

1036French

1041Japanese

1042Korean

1029Czech

2052Chinese

1046Portuguese (Brazil)

1038Hungarian

1045Polish

/AccountUserName=<domain\user> None. The services will be run under the Local System account.

The user name under which the services will be run.

After the key, specify the user name under whose account you wish to run the services. Be sure to also specify AccountPassword.

/AccountPassword=<password> The password that corresponds to the user name.
/ServerLocation=<server> The name of the computer on which the Server Manager is installed. This option is useful only if the Verification Station, Scanning Station or Indexing Station component is selected for installation and the Server Manager component is not.
/NamedPipes=true None. The TCP/IP protocol is used by default. Specifies Named Pipes as the communication protocol to be used by ABBYY FineReader Server (the TCP/IP protocol is used by default).
/TcpIp=true None. The TCP/IP protocol is used by default.

Specifies TCP/IP as the communication protocol to be used by ABBYY FineReader Server.

If this key is set, the system uses the ports listed in the table below. If you use non-default settings, make sure that the same port values are specified on all the machines where ABBYY FineReader Server components are installed.

Do not use this key If you do not want to modify the current settings.

/StationPort=<number>

/ServerPort1=<number>

/ServerPort2=<number>

/FeedGenPort=<number>

StationPort=3990

ServerPort1=3991

ServerPort2=3992

FeedGenPort=3993

Ports used by ABBYY FineReader Server components for interaction via the TCP/IP protocol.
/uninstall Removes the product. Can be combined with с /q and /passive.
/q   Silent mode. No dialog boxes will be displayed.
/passive Use this key if you want to see installation progress. No other dialog boxes will be displayed.
/WebApiSitePort=<number> WebApiSitePort=8080 This port will be used by the Web API component to access ABBYY FineReader Server 14.

Examples

Install.exe /q /ProcessingStation=true /OfficeFiles=true

This command installs (in silent mode and into the default folder) the Processing Station with the additional OfficeFiles component.

Install.exe /passive /IndexingStation=true /VerificationStation=true /InstallationDir="D:\ABBYY FineReader Server" /Language=1049 /ServerLocation=frsServer

This command installs the Verification Station and the Processing Station with the Russian interface to the following folder: D:\ABBYY FineReader Server. The Server Manager's location will be specified as frsServer. The program will also display installation progress.

Install.exe /q /ServerManager=true /AccountUserName=company\frsUser /AccountPassword=frsPass

This command installs the Server Manager (in silent mode and into the default folder) using company\frsUser for the user name and frsPass for the password.

Using MSI packages

You can use the MSI packages to deploy ABBYY FineReader Server via Group Policy Objects. For the installation parameters, see the msi-install.x64.md file in the Administrator's Guide\MSI folder in the ABBYY FineReader Server installation package.

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