Sitecore 9.1 Installation - Skip to particular step

Question

Hi I was installing sitecore 9.1 with SIF. It completed before updatesolrschema. When it was try to access to the below URL, because of proxy issue SIF script failed.

I know this was the last step in the Sitecore 9.1 installation. Then I was wondering how to get the Sitecore admin password.

Then I deleted the database and reinstalled again without proxy issue.

[-------------------------------------------------------------- SitecoreXP0_UpdateSolrSchema : SitecoreUrl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[SitecoreXP0_UpdateSolrSchema]:[Authenticating] http://sc91v.sc/sitecore/admin/PopulateManagedSchema.aspx?indexes=all

My question: Is there any way we can skip the number of steps in SIF to execute from a particular step?

Answer 1

Yes is possible :

You can use something like :

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @params -Skip CreateBinding

Where The name of task you want to skip is in the corresponding JSON configuration file that you are installing.

E.g. the task above (CreateBinding) is in Master_SingleServer.json:

To skip multiple steps, just supply a comma separated list of tasks, e.g.:

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @params -Skip CreateBinding, InstallSolrCores

More information you can find here: https://sitecoredude.com/how-to-skip-tasks-in-sitecore-installation-framework-sif/

Answer 2

From Sitecore 9.2 (installing with SIF 2.2.0), you can also use -From parameter if you want to start from a particular task (skipping all previous tasks), which is very handy if your install fails towards the end.

Here are examples from Install-SitecoreConfiguration.md:

EXAMPLE 3

PS C:\> Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\MyConfig.json -Skip Alpha,Beta

Starts an installation based on a JSON configuration file and executes all tasks except the named tasks.

EXAMPLE 4

PS C:\> Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\MyConfig.json -From Beta

Starts an installation based on a JSON configuration file and executes from the specified task.

EXAMPLE 5

PS C:\> Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\MyConfig.json -From Alpha -To Beta

Starts an installation based on a JSON configuration file and executes from the task named Alpha to the task named Beta.