To change the default installation settings, you need to edit the configuration file.
The name of the configuration file is settings.xml. The file is stored on the machine where the management server is installed. The file is located in the WebPage subfolder of the installation folder you specified. By default:
This file stores settings in the following elements:
installed-products
Specifies what components appear on the Web page. Each component is specified as a product element. For example:
<product
name="Agent for Windows"
package="AcronisAgentWindows.msi"
type="win"
description="Install the agent on a machine to be able to back up its disks, volumes and files."
/>
The product element has the following attributes:
name
The name of the component as it appears on the Web page.
package
The name of the component’s installation package (an .msi, .i686, or .x86_64 file). The file must be located in the folder for installation files; by default, the folder name is %CommonProgramFiles%\Acronis\RemoteInstaller.
type
The operating system for which the component is intended. The possible values of this attribute: win (Windows) and linux (Linux).
description
The description of the component as it appears on the Web page. The description is shown under the name of the component.
ams
Specifies the management server (AMS) on which the machine will be registered after installation. For example:
<ams address="ManagementServer" />
The address attribute specifies the name or IP address of the management server.
license-server
Specifies the license server from which components will take licenses during installation. For example:
<license-server address="LicenseServer" />
The address attribute specifies the name or IP address of the license server.
web-setup-settings
Specifies how the components will be installed.
This element has the following content:
acep
Specifies whether to enable the machine to participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP). The default setting is:
<acep enabled="false" />
The possible values of the enabled attribute: true (participation is enabled) and false (participation is not enabled).
install
Specifies for which Windows users to install the components and how much interaction is required from the user during installation. The default setting is:
<install for-user="all" mode="manual" />
The possible values of the for-user attribute: all (to install the components for all Windows users on the machine) and current (to install the components only for the Windows user who started the setup program).
The mode attribute is reserved for use in future versions. Its only possible value now is manual. With this value, the setup program runs will all required fields already filled in, but the user still must go through the installation wizard.
installation-path
Specifies where to install the components.
This element has the following content:
x86
Specifies where to install the components on machines running 32-bit versions of Windows.
x64
Specifies where to install the components on machines running 64-bit versions of Windows.
In both elements, the path attribute specifies the path. The default settings are:
<x86 path="%ProgramFiles%/Acronis" />
<x64 path="%ProgramFiles(x86)%/Acronis" />
Components for Linux are always installed to the /usr/lib/Acronis directory.