Installing and Configuring Package Manager

This topic provides information on how to install and configure Package Manager.

To Install and Configure Package Manager

To Install Package Manager

  1. Download the Package Manager from Automic Download Center.
  2. Unpack the .zip file to your preferred location.

    Example: C:\Automic\apm.

    If you have downloaded the full product bundle you will find the Package Manager in the Tools/Package.Manager folder.

  3. Optional: Add the \bin folder to your PATH environment variable.

To Configure Package Manager

  1. Set up the connection to your AE in the uc4config.xml file or copy your AE configuration file
    uc4config.xml to the \conf folder

    Example: C:\Automic\apm\conf

  2. Optional: store your credentials in the login_dat.xml file located in the \conf folder.

    APM accesses the AE. Therefore APM will prompt for AE user name and password. If you want to store the credentials so that you don’t need to enter them each time, store your credentials (system name, client, department, user) in the login_dat.xml file.

    The password is never read from login_dat.xml. You must use the parameter -pw <password>.

  3. Optional: If you want to have the local repository somewhere else than in the folder where the Package Manager application is located (Example: C:\Automic\apm), you can add a location element in the pmconfig.xml file located in the \conf folder

    Example:

    <localRepo> <location>C:\myrepo</location> </localRepo>

  4. Ensure that the user executing the Package Manager has write permissions on the folder where the local repository is stored

Folder Structure

The folder structure after a new installation is the following:

APM Program Folder Sub Folder Description
C:\Automic\apm (example)

\bin

 Contains executables apm and automic-pm
\conf Contains configuration files (operational/templates)
\lib Contains JAR archives
\locale Properties files for localization

Additional folders after first package import (see also:) are the following:

APM Program Folder Sub Folder Description
C:\Automic\apm (example) \index Contains index files
\logs Contains log files (trace.log)
\packages Contains downloaded packages