I'm attempting to remote install AppFabric 1.1 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine for enabling WCF auto-start features. My approach is to copy the self-extraction package (WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe) to the target machine and subsequently fire off setup.exe /i as stated in the AppFabric automated installation guide to install all features.
The issue is that the self-extraction step is not enabling me to specify an output path (& WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe /extract:"c:\temp" doesn't work), so it just quits after copying all the extracted files to a GUID folder on the disk containing the most free space. The temp folder is then removed after it is extracted.
Do I have to copy the extracted files/folders myself (shown below) and then run setup.exe? Ideally I could just keep the self-extraction package (32MB EXE) intact and deploy it as a single step. It's looking as though the self-extraction that I downloaded is not meant as a re-distribution means - only as web delivery of the installer. I must have to copy the raw 90MB extracted installer files around.
Self-Extraction Package Contents (WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe)
Does anyone have any suggestions - or improvement ideas?
Status Update
I ended up just copying the raw files (90MB) over and running setup.exe /i /gac via powershell to install all the AppFabric features. I'm just struggling with the proper re-distribution mechanism for Microsoft self-extracting packages.
