gridSetup.sh Command

The gridSetup.sh command provides various flags that you can use without specifying any command option. If you do not provide any options, then gridSetup.sh starts the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installer.

Syntax

gridSetup.sh [-silent [-ignorePrereqFailure]] [-responseFile responsefilename] [-executePrereqs] [-executeConfigTools [-skipStackCheck]] 
[-debug] [-applyOneOffs list_of_patch_directory_locations] [-nApplyOneOffs directory_containing_multiple_patches] 
[-executeRootScript -configMethod <ROOT | SUDO> [-sudoPath sudo_binary_path] [-sudoUserName sudo_user_name]]]

Parameters

Table A-1 gridSetup.sh Flag Parameters

Parameter Mandatory? Description
-silent No

Run the installer in silent mode. You can either provide a response file path for inputs or a list of command line variable value pairs.
-ignorePrereqFailure No

Specify this option to ignore all prerequisite checks failures.
-responseFile responsefilename No

Absolute path of the response file, which has installation option values.
-executePrereqs No

Run prerequisite checks to ensure that all necessary conditions and requirements are met before proceeding with the installation or configuration process.
-executeConfigTools No

Run configuration tools for an installed Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.

Note: You can use this parameter only with other commands, such as gridSetup.sh -configureCluster.

-skipStackCheck No

Skip the Oracle Clusterware stack status check.
-debug No

Run the Oracle Grid Infrastructure in the debug mode.
-applyOneOffs list_of_patch_directory_locations No

Specify one or more paths to one-off patches to apply to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home. You can pass multiple one-off patches as a comma separated list of locations.
-nApplyOneOffs directory_containing_multiple_patches No

Specify a path to a location that contains multiple one-off patches to apply to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.
-executeRootScript No

Specify this option to run the root script automatically.

Note: You can use this parameter only with other commands such as gridSetup.sh -configureCluster.

-configMethod <ROOT | SUDO> No

Specify the configuration method to use for automatic root script execution. This can be either as the root user or as a sudo user.

-sudoPath sudo_binary_path No

Absolute path of the sudo program binaries.

-sudoUserName sudo_user_name No

Name of the user who is in the sudoers list and can run the root scripts.

-help No

Displays the gridSetup.sh command help.

Example

The following example shows you how to install the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software using a response file.
gridSetup.sh -silent -ignorePrereqFailure -responseFile /u01/app/23.0.0/grid/install/response/response_file.rsp

Parent topic: Oracle Grid Infrastructure Command-Line Options