Standardization of SharePoint 2010 deployments are important to me, especially within the DoD. It’s my belief that standardization could minimize environmental issues while giving all of us engineers a baseline understanding of how farms have been deployed in common environments, reducing spin up to final resolution times. The use of PowerShell allows us to do this without having to rely on the user to click or not click something which lets face it, sometimes we can’t rely on ourselves to click the right thing every time, so we can’t expect it from anyone else. So let’s look at how we can install SharePoint 2010 using a script and deploy the farm using PowerShell:

I recommend following a previous blog post before implementing the steps below to insure you have prepared your operating system for SharePoint 2010:

Preparing W2K8 for SharePoint 2007/2010 Installation.

Install SharePoint 2010 PreReqs:

For each of the servers in the farm (SPAPPSVR, SPIDX, SPWFE1, and SPWFE2):

1. Create a folder named SP2010_Build on your D:\
2. Inside the SP2010_Build folder, create 2 more folders named Products and another named Scripts.
3. Inside the Products folder, create another folder named SharePoint_2010_Installation.
4. Copy your SharePoint 2010 RTM files and any updates into the D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation folder.
5. Download the SP2010_PreReq.iso file.
6. Mount the ISO file to your operating system or burn them to a CD.
7. Copy the folder named PrerequisiteInstallerFiles to the D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation folder.
8. Copy the file named PrerequisiteInstaller.Arguments.txt file to the D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation folder.
9. Copy the file Prereq_SP2010.cmd to the D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts\ folder.
10. Execute Prereq_SP2010.cmd from command prompt so that you can view the output:

 





Restart Server(s)

SharePoint 2010 Installation

The following steps will be performed on every SharePoint 2010 server.

11. Create a file named “InstallAndConfigSP2010_rtm.xml” inside of D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts and paste the following script within it:
12. On line 12 of the above script, don’t forget to put your SharePoint 2010 Product Key. =o)
13. Create a file named “Install_SP2010.cmd” inside of D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts and paste the following within it:

@ECHO OFF
echo.

D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation\setup.exe /config D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts\InstallAndConfigSP2010_rtm.xml
exit /b 0

14. Execute “Install_SP2010.cmd” from command prompt so that you can view the output:



 **NOTE**

The SharePoint 2010 installation does not show any information in the command prompt. The curson will continue to blink until the install is complete. The method to determine whether the installation is proceeding properly is to locate the installation log file located at: %temp%\SharePoint Server Setup(date_string).log

Create SharePoint 2010 Farm

15. Create a file named “Create_SP2010Farm.ps1” inside of D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts and paste the following within it:

Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
## Settings you may want to change ##
$err = $null
$SetupPath         = "D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation"
$user              = "DOMAIN\FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT"
$password          = ConvertTo-SecureString "FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD" -AsPlainText –Force
$FarmCredential    = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user, $password
$DBServer          = "SQL_SERVER_NAME\SQL_SERVER_INSTANCE"
$AdminContentDB    ="SharePoint_Admin_Content"
$Passphrase        = ConvertTo-SecureString "FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD" -AsPlainText –Force
$FarmName          = Your_Farm_Name"
$CAPort            = "25000"

## Here is the script to install SharePoint Foundation 2010 and create Central Admin ##

        Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -erroraction SilentlyContinue
        Write-Host "[4/12] Creating new configuration database..."
        New-SPConfigurationDatabase -DatabaseName ("{0}_SharePoint_Configuration_DB" -f $FarmName) -DatabaseServer $DBServer -AdministrationContentDatabaseName ("{0}_AdminContent_DB" -f $FarmName) -FarmCredentials $FarmCredential -Passphrase $Passphrase -ErrorVariable err
        Write-Host "[5/12] Verifying farm creation..."
        $spfarm = get-spfarm
            if ($spfarm -ne $null) {
            Write-Host "[6/12] ACLing SharePoint Resources..."
            Initialize-SPResourceSecurity -ErrorVariable err
            if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                Write-Host "[7/12] Installing Services..."
                Install-SPService -ErrorVariable err
                    #if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                    Write-Host "[8/12] Installing Features..."
                    Install-SPFeature -AllExistingFeatures -ErrorVariable err
                    if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                        Write-Host "[9/12] Provisioning Central Administration..."
                        New-SPCentralAdministration -Port $CAPort -WindowsAuthProvider "NTLM" -ErrorVariable err
                        if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                            Write-Host "[10/12] Installing Help..."
                            Install-SPHelpCollection -All -ErrorVariable err
                            if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                                Write-Host "[11/12] Installing Application Content..."
                                Install-SPApplicationContent -ErrorVariable err
                                if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                                    Write-Host "[12/12] Basic configuration completed."
                                } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                            } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                        } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                    } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
            } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
         } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }

16. Run the Create_SP2010Farm.ps1 PowerShell script on your designated Central Administration server (App or Index server, we do not recommend using a WFE for the CA).
17. Please edit the lines 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the above script to reflect your desired configuration settings.
18. Open PowerShell and the run the script, monitor the output for any errors.

If the configuration is a success, the Central Administration web site should now be accessible.





Join Subsequent Server to the Farm

Create a file named “Join_SP2010Farm.ps1” inside of D:\SP2010_Build\Scripts and paste the following within it:

Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
## Settings you may want to change ##
$err = $null
$SetupPath         = "D:\SP2010_Build\Products\SharePoint_2010_Installation"
$user              = "DOMAIN\FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT"
$password          = ConvertTo-SecureString "FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD" -AsPlainText –Force
$FarmCredential    = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user, $password
$DBServer          = "SQL_SERVER_NAME\SQL_SERVER_INSTANCE"
$Passphrase        = ConvertTo-SecureString "FARM_ADMIN_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD" -AsPlainText –Force
$FarmName          = Your_Farm_Name"
$CAPort            = "25000"

## Here is the script to create Central Admin ##

        Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -erroraction SilentlyContinue
        Write-Host "[4/12] Connecting to configuration database..."
        Connect-SPConfigurationDatabase -DatabaseName ("{0}_SharePoint_Configuration_DB" -f $FarmName) -DatabaseServer $DBServer -Passphrase $Passphrase
        Write-Host "[5/12] Verifying farm creation..."
        $spfarm = get-spfarm
            if ($spfarm -ne $null) {
            Write-Host "[6/12] ACLing SharePoint Resources..."
            Initialize-SPResourceSecurity -ErrorVariable err
            if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                Write-Host "[7/12] Installing Services..."
                Install-SPService -ErrorVariable err
                    if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                    Write-Host "[8/12] Installing Features..."
                    Install-SPFeature -AllExistingFeatures -ErrorVariable err
                    if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                        Write-Host "[9/12] Provisioning Central Administration..."
                        if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                            Write-Host "[10/12] Installing Help..."
                            Install-SPHelpCollection -All -ErrorVariable err
                            if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                                Write-Host "[11/12] Installing Application Content..."
                                Install-SPApplicationContent -ErrorVariable err
                                if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($err) -eq $true) {
                                    Write-Host "[12/12] Basic configuration completed."
                                } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                            } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                        } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                    } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
                } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
            } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
        } else { Write-Error "ERROR: $err" }
    net start sptimerv4

19. Please edit the lines 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the above script to reflect your desired configuration settings.
20. Run the Create_SP2010Farm.ps1 PowerShell script on your designated Central Administration server (App or Index server, we do not recommend using a WFE for the CA).
21. Open PowerShell and the run the script, monitor the output for any
    errors