About Configuring a Network Installation Path

If your platform has multiple users, you can set a network installation path to speed-up downloading installation files.

Environment: Cloud only

  • Network Path. Enter the path where the native apps installation files will be stored. These are the apps that users that have been granted a role can install from the quadrants of the Compass on the cloud. If you have provided different paths on two platforms, users belonging to both will be asked to select one of the available paths. If you do not provide any path, the installation files will be downloaded locally to each user's computer. When a user downloads the required installation files to install an app from the cloud, the path provided in the Network Path field stores those files in your LAN environment for future use. Thus, if another user needs to install the same app, the LAN path will be used instead. If a new file, which is not stored in this path yet, is required, the file will be downloaded from the cloud to your LAN and will increment the installation files available in your LAN. It is recommended to enter a path to increase the download speed of the files required by your users.

If your company has several sites all around the world, this path can be composed of environment variables so that different paths can be defined depending on the users' location. For example:

  • %LauncherSharedCachePath%

    Where LauncherSharedCachePath = \\Machine name\shared folder name.

  • \\%LauncherSharedCacheMachine%\%LauncherSharedfolder%

    Where:

    • LauncherSharedCacheMachine=machine name
    • LauncherSharedFolder=shared folder name

Important:
  • CSIDL or KNOWNFOLDERID are not supported.
  • If you update a variable while a user is logged-in, the user must log out then log in or restart the launcher service for the new value to be taken into account by the 3DEXPERIENCE launcher.
  • During the launcher upgrade, the MSI is cached.

Note: All the users must have Read / Write access to this path.

Pre-populate the cache

You can choose to pre-populate the cache before users start to install a downloaded media.

After you download a media from the Configure Apps Installation tab. Use the following option in GUI or TUI mode to populate the cache with the content of the media:

For GUI mode: setup.exe --fill-cache ‘Path/to/cache’

For TUI mode: • startTUI.exe --fill-cache ‘Path/to/cache’

Where: 'Path/to/cache’ is the Network Path

Note:
  • If this media is already in the cache, this action will overwrite it.
  • Do not start the installation before the cache populate ends.

You can populate the cache in silent mode by providing any UserIntentions file in the command:

StartTUI.exe --fill-cache ‘Path/to/cache’ –-silent ‘Path of any UserIntentions file’