Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Service Manager9.52

Install > Install and set up Service Portal > Install and set up a single Service Portal instance > Understand the installation process

Understand the installation process

The Service Portal installer package provides an installation script (propel_install.sh), which automates the installation process. This script executes the following steps:

Installs Ansible.
Sets up the environment for using Ansible over ssh (generates the target).
Installs Service Portal dependencies.
Installs Service Portal.

Between the installation of Ansible and the installation of the dependencies, the deploy_rhel_config_env.sh script is being called to generate the ansible_targets file. This script enables non-interactive execution by passing the password from propel_install.sh (which in turn is read from propel_install.config). The sensitive information from propel_install.config is erased once the installation is complete.
You can skip each of these steps using a command option, as described in Installation script options.

Installation script options

The following table describes important command options that you can use when running the propel_install.sh script.

Option	Description
`--no-install-ansible`	Skips the Ansible installation step.
`--no-generate-target`	Skips the Ansible environment setup step.
`--no-deploy-prerequisites`	Skips the dependency installation step.
`--no-install-propel`	Skips the Service Portal installation step.
`--continue`	Resumes the installation from the last failing point. When the installation failed and you have fixed the problems, you can use this option to resume the installation.
`--help`	Displays help information about more options for running the script.

Installation logs

The following logs are generated during the installation:

ansible_installation.log ( logs produced by the script that installs Ansible )
env_config.log ( logs actions from the script that establishes secure connection to a target host and adds it to ansible_target file )
ansible.log ( logs all Ansible actions)
ansible_script.log (logs produced by the script that installs the Service Portal dependencies)

These logs are all combined into a unified log propel_install_{timestamp}.log located in the same directory as the installation script.

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