Is it possible to place the Foglight installer into debug mode? (4315084)

It is a requirement to place the Foglight Management Server (FMS) installer into debug mode in order to obtain any additional information of errors that might occur during the installation process. Is this possible?

Microsoft Windows

Carry out the following steps in order to obtain debug information during the FMS installation process:

1. Hold CTRL key and then double-mouse click the FMS *.exe installer to launch the installer.
2. Hold the CTRL key down until the "InstallAnywhere is preparing to install..." disappears.

   

3. Once this is done, a debug output window will appear next to the "Foglight [version] Installation Introduction" window.

Please note, however, that the output in the debug window will not be placed into a log file (this includes the InstallLog file). A copy of the output will need to be manually placed into a file before the installation is complete. A suggestion is to set a bigger screen buffer size for the output window, otherwise, certain errors may be missed.

Linux/Unix

1. Set environment variable LAX_DEBUG.

   Bourne shell:

   export LAX_DEBUG=1

   CSH:

   setenv LAX_DEBUG true

2. Run the installer with the command line switch "-DDEBUG_MODE=1".

   ./Foglight-[VERSION]-install_linux-x86_64.bin -DDEBUG_MODE=1 -i console

Note: The LAX_DEBUG=true is required for InstallAnywhere to generate debug info. Our -D debug switch allows us to capture that info into our logs.