Installing Unica Journey using the GUI mode

For Windows, use the GUI mode to install Unica Journey. For LINUX, use the X Window System mode to install Unica Journey.

Before you begin

Important: Before you use the GUI mode to install Unica Journey, ensure that the available temporary space on the computer where you install Unica Journey is more than three times the size of the Unica Journey installer.
Make sure that the Unica installer and the Unica Journey installers are in the same directory on the computer where you want to install Unica Journey.

Procedure

Complete the following actions to install Unica Journey by using the GUI mode:
  1. Go to the folder where you have saved the Unica installer and double-click the installer to start it.
  2. Click OK on the first screen to see the Introduction window.
  3. Follow the instructions on the installer and click Next.
    Use the information in the following table to take the appropriate actions on each window in the Unica installer.
    Table 1. Unica Installer
    Window Description
    Introduction

    This is the first window of the Unica suite installer. You can open the Unica Journey installation and upgrade guides from this window. You can also see a link for the installation and upgrade guides for the products whose installers are saved in the installation directory.

    Click Next.

    Response Files Destination

    Click the Generate Response File check box if you want to generate response files for your product. Response files store the information that is necessary for the installation of your product. You can use response files for an unattended installation of your product, or to get pre-filled answers if you rerun the installer in GUI mode

    Click Choose to browse to a location where you want to store the response files.

    Click Next.

    Unica Products

    In the Install Set list, select Custom to select the products that you want to install.

    In the Install Set area, you see all of the products whose installers are in the same directory on your computer.

    The Description field shows the description of the product that you select in the Install Set area.

    Click Next.

    Installation Directory

    In the Specify the installation directory field, click Choose to browse to the directory where you want to install your product.

    If you want to install the product in the folder where the installers are stored, click Restore Default Folder.

    Click Next.

    Select Application Server

    Select Application Server type. If you are installing other products along with Journey in same installation - then you can select application server type where Platform will be deployed.

    Click Next.

    Platform Database Type

    Select Oracle or OneDB for Unica Platform database type.

    Click Next.

    Platform Database Connection
    Enter the following information about your database:
    • Database host name
    • Database port
    • Database name or System ID (SID)
    • Database user name
    • Database password
    Click Next.
    Platform Database Connection (continued)

    Review and confirm the JDBC connection.

    Click Next. The URL can be customized with additional parameters if needed.

    Preinstallation Summary

    Review and confirm the values that you added during the installation process.

    Click Install to start the installation process.

    The Unica Journey installer opens.

  4. Follow the instructions on the Unica Platform installer to install or upgrade Unica Platform. See Unica Platform Installation Guide for more information.
  5. In the Installation Complete window, click Done.
    The Unica Platform installation is complete and the Unica Journey installer opens.
  6. Use the information in the following table to navigate the Unica Journey installer. In the Platform Database Connection window, enter all the required information and click Next to start the Unica Journey installer.
    Table 2. Unica Journey Installer GUI

    This table provides information about dialogs in the Unica Journey installer.

    Window Description
    Introduction

    This is the first window of the Unica Journey installer. You can open the Unica Journey installation and upgrade guides from this window.

    Click Next.

    Software License Agreement

    Carefully read the agreement. Use Print to print the agreement. Click Next after you accept the agreement.

    Installation Directory

    Click Choose to browse to the directory where you want to install Unica Journey.

    Click Next.

    Components

    Select the components that you want to install.

    When you select the components, the installer displays information about the components.

    Click Next.
    Note: You can select any of these components for installation. Unica Journey all three components can be installed on same or different machines.
    • Unica Journey Web application
    • Unica Journey Engine
    • Apache Kafka
    • Journey Template
    Unica Journey Database Setup Unica Journey database setup is automatic. By default, it runs the SQL with Unicode support.

    If you select Automatic database setup, select Run Unicode SQL Script if your system tables are configured for Unicode.

    Click Next.

    Unica Journey Database Type

    Select the database type from Oracle, SQL. MariaDB or OneDB.

    Click Next.

    Unica Journey Database Connection
    Enter the following details for the Journey database:
    • Database host name
    • Database port
    • Database system ID (SID)
    • Database user name
    • Password

    Click Next.

    JDBC Connection

    Review and confirm the JDBC connection.

    Click Next.

    Unica Journey Connection Settings

    Enter the following connection settings:

    • Network domain name
      Note:
      When you add the network domain name, you might see the following message:
      Warning-Server name includes
      domain name, final URL contains 
      several occurrences of domain
      name
      Select Modify to change the domain name or click Cancel to cancel the message.
    • Host name
    • Port number

    Select the Use secure connection check box if necessary.

    Click Next.

    Unica Platform Connection Settings

    Enter the following connection settings:

    • Network domain name
      Note:
      When you add the network domain name, you might see the following message:
      Warning-Server name includes
      domain name, final URL contains 
      several occurrences of domain
      name
      Select Modify to change the domain name or click Cancel to cancel the message.
    • Host name
    • Port number

    Select the Use secure connection check box if necessary.

    Click Next.

    Kafka Standalone Server Details If you are installing Kafka standalone instance along with this instance it will update below details in Kafka configuration.
    • Host name: Include the host name of Kafka Standalone server, where Kafka is installed.
    • Port number: Include the port number of Kafka Zookeeper.
    Preinstallation Summary

    Review and confirm the values that you added during the installation process.

    Click Install to start the installation process.

    The Unica Journey installer opens.

    Installation Complete

    Click Done to close the Unica Journey installer and go back to the Unica installer.

  7. In the Installation Complete window, click Done to exit the Unica Journey installer and go back to the Unica installer.
  8. Follow the instructions on the Unica installer to finish installing Unica Journey.
    Use the information in the following table to take the appropriate actions on each window in the Unica installer.
    Table 3. HCL Unica Installer GUI

    This table provides information about the remaining dialogs in the Unica installer.

    Window Description
    Deployment EAR file

    Specify whether you want to create an enterprise archive (EAR) file to deploy your Unica products.

    Click Next.

    Installation Complete

    This window provides the locations of the log files that are created during installation.

    Click Previous if you want to change any installation details.

    Click Done to close the Unica installer.

    Note: Journey does not support EAR deployment.