Command Options

Below is the list of options of Parallels Pro Control Panel installer. Default values, if available, appear in [].

Option

Description

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit.

-V VERSION_TO_INSTALL, --version-to-install=VERSION_TO_INSTALL

Version of PPCPL that will be installed or upgraded to.

Note: Do not use this option with '-E' option. You cannot specify version when use '-E' option.

-B BUILD_TO_INSTALL, --build-to-install=BUILD_TO_INSTALL

Build number of PPCPL that will be installed or upgraded to.

Note: Do not use this option with '-E' option. You cannot specify version when use '-E' option.

-n ADMINNAME, --adminname=ADMINNAME

ISP Administrator's user name (not applicable for upgrades).

-p ADMINPASS, --adminpasswd=ADMINPASS

ISP Administrator's password (not applicable for upgrades).

-m ADMINEMAIL, --adminemail=ADMINEMAIL

ISP Administrator's email (not applicable in upgrades). All notifications will be sent to the provided email address. Please note that you will not be able to receive notifications of critical failures if you do not provide a valid email address.

--assume-yes

Assume yes as the answer if prechecks are performed.This flag is ignored if prechecks are not performed (when using the -s option).

-c, --cdrom

If specified, searches for Parallels Pro Control Panel rpms on the CD-ROM.

-e EMAIL, --email=EMAIL

Address to which any installation logs should be sent.

-k LICKEY, --key=LICKEY

Provide the license key. This is optional and can be performed after installation.

-E ENSIM_REPOS, --ensim-source=ENSIM_REPOS

<yum baseurl>: A yum-style baseurl pointing to a yum repository for the PPCPL Control Panel rpms. [http:// download.pro.parallels.com/ensim/apt/ensim/EPL/<version>/ i386/rhel.4ES.12/RPMS.lwp]

--exclude=EXCLUDE_RPMS

<pkg1,pkg2,...>: A comma-separated list of packages that should be excluded from consideration when upgrading/installing.

-f FTP_SERVER, --ftp-server=FTP_SERVER

<FTP server>: The name of an FTP server that has the same directory structure as the PPCPL FTP server. Any base URLs not specified in the command line will use this server. [download.pro.parallels.com]

--ftp-pass=FTP_PASS

<password>: The password to use when accessing data on the FTP server. Any base URLs not specified in the commandline will use this password.

--ftp-user=FTP_USER

<user>: The user name to use when accessing data on the FTP server. Any base URLs not specified in the command line will use this user name. [ftp]

-o OS_REPOS, --os-source=OS_REPOS

<yum baseurl>: A yum-style base url pointing to a yum repository for the operating system rpms.

-d, --skip-mirrors

If specified, this option will disable the default behaviour of pulling mirrors to solve dependencies.

-s, --skip-checker

If specified, no prechecks are performed.

-u UPDATES_REPOS, --updates-source=UPDATES_REPOS

<yum baseurl>: A yum-style base url pointing to a yum repository for any operating system updates.

-a EXTRAS_REPOS, --extra-source=EXTRAS_REPOS

<yum baseurl>: A yum-style baseurl pointing to a yum repository for any operating system updates.

-x INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE

<interface>: An interface (eth0/eth1/wan0 ) that will be set.

--updater=UPDATER

Specify the updater tool to use. (yum, up2date) [yum].

--force

this option is possible to be used with -E option to force install script to work with PPCPL version/build which are not supported by the script. Additionally, it is possible to specify this option to re-install the version which is already installed to the system.