References in product information to app_server_root, profile_root,
and other directories imply specific default directory locations.
This topic describes the conventions in use for WebSphere® Application
Server.
Default product locations - z/OS
- app_server_root
- Refers to the top directory for a WebSphere Application Server node.
The node
may be of any type—application server, deployment manager, or unmanaged
for example. Each node has its own app_server_root.
Corresponding product variables are was.install.root and WAS_HOME.
The
default varies based on node type. Common defaults are configuration_root/AppServer and configuration_root/DeploymentManager.
- configuration_root
- Refers to the mount point for the configuration file system (formerly,
the configuration HFS) in WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS®.
The configuration_root contains
the various app_server_root directories and certain
symbolic links associated with them. Each different node type under
the configuration_root requires its own cataloged
procedures under z/OS.
The default is /wasv7config/cell_name/node_name.
- plug-ins_root
- Refers to the installation root directory for Web Server plug-ins.
- profile_root
- Refers to the home directory for a particular instantiated WebSphere Application Server profile.
Corresponding
product variables are server.root and user.install.root.
In
general, this is the same as app_server_root/profiles/profile_name.
On z/OS, this will be always be app_server_root/profiles/default because
only the profile name "default" is used in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
- smpe_root
- Refers to the root directory for product code installed with SMP/E.
The
corresponding product variable is smpe.install.root.
The default
is /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V7R0.
Default product locations - IBM i
These file
paths are default locations. You can install the product and other
components in any directory where you have write access. You can create
profiles in any valid directory where you have write access. Multiple
installations of
WebSphere Application Server products
or components require multiple locations.
- app_client_root
- The default installation root directory for the Java EE WebSphere Application Client is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V7/client directory.
- app_client_user_data_root
- The default Java EE WebSphere Application
Client user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V7/client directory.
- app_client_profile_root
- The default Java EE WebSphere Application
Client profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V7/client/profiles/profile_name directory.
- app_server_root
- The default installation root directory for WebSphere Application
Server is
the directory.
- cip_app_server_root
- The default installation root directory is the directory
for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation
Factory.
A CIP is a WebSphere Application Server product
bundled with optional maintenance packages, an optional configuration
archive, one or more optional enterprise archive files, and other
optional files and scripts.
- cip_profile_root
- The default profile root directory is the directory
for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation
Factory.
- cip_user_data_root
- The default user data root directory is the directory
for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation
Factory.
- if_root
- This directory represents the root directory of the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory. Because
you can download and unpack the Installation Factory to any directory
on the file system to which you have write access, this directory's
location varies by user. The Installation Factory is an Eclipse-based
tool which creates installation packages for installing WebSphere Application Server in a reliable
and repeatable way, tailored to your specific needs.
- iip_root
- This directory represents the root directory of an integrated
installation package (IIP) produced by the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory. Because
you can create and save an IIP to any directory on the file system
to which you have write access, this directory's location varies by
user. An IIP is an aggregated installation package created with the
Installation Factory that can include one or more generally available
installation packages, one or more customized installation packages
(CIPs), and other user-specified files and directories.
- java_home
-
Table 1. Root directories for supported
Java Virtual Machines. This table shows the root directories
for all supported Java Virtual Machines (JVMs).
JVM |
Directory |
Classic JVM |
/QIBM/ProdData/Java400/jdk6 |
32–bit IBM Technology for Java |
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/32bit |
64–bit IBM Technology for Java |
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/64bit |
- plugins_profile_root
- The default Web server plug-ins profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V7/webserver/profiles/profile_name directory.
- plugins_root
- The default installation root directory for Web server plug-ins
is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Plugins/V7/webserver directory.
- plugins_user_data_root
- The default Web server plug-ins user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V7/webserver directory.
- product_library
- product_lib
- This is the product library for the installed product. The product
library for each Version 7.0 installation on the system contains
the program and service program objects (similar to .exe, .dll, .so objects)
for the installed product. The product library name is QWAS7x (where x is
A, B, C, and so on). The product library for the first WebSphere Application
Server Version 7.0 product installed on the system is QWAS7A.
The app_server_root/properties/product.properties file
contains the value for the product library of the installation, was.install.library,
and is located under the app_server_root directory.
- profile_root
- The default directory for a profile named profile_name for WebSphere Application Server is
the directory.
- shared_product_library
- The shared product library, which contains all of the objects
shared by all installations on the system, is QWAS7.
This library contains objects such as the product definition, the
subsystem description, the job description, and the job queue.
- updi_root
- The default installation root directory for the Update Installer
for WebSphere Software is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/V7/updi directory.
- user_data_root
- The default user data directory for WebSphere Application
Server is
the directory.
- The profiles and profileRegistry subdirectories
are created under this directory when you install the product.
- web_server_root
- The default web server path is /www/web_server_name.
Default product locations (distributed)
The
following file paths are default locations. You can install the product
and other components or create profiles in any directory where you
have write access. Multiple installations of WebSphere Application
Server products
or components require multiple locations. Default values for installation
actions by root and non-root users are given. If no non-root values
are specified, then the default directory values are applicable to
both root and non-root users.
- app_client_root
-
Table 2. Default installation root
directories for the WebSphere Application Client. This table shows the default installation root directories
for the WebSphere Application Client.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
|
- app_server_root
-
Table 3. Default installation directories
for WebSphere Application Server. This
table shows the default installation directories for WebSphere Application
Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
- cip_app_server_root
- A customized installation package (CIP) is an installation
package created with IBM WebSphere Installation Factory that contains
a WebSphere Application Server or feature pack product bundled with
one or more maintenance packages, an optional configuration archive,
one or more optional enterprise archive files, and other optional
files and scripts.
Table 4. Default installation
root directories for a CIP. This table shows the default
installation root directories for a CIP.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
- component_root
- The component installation root directory is any installation
root directory described in this topic. Some programs are for use
across multiple components. In particular, the Update Installer for WebSphere Software is for use with WebSphere Application Server, Web server plug-ins, the Application Client, and
the IBM HTTP Server. All of these components are
part of the product package.
- gskit_root
- IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) can now be installed
by any user. GSKit is installed locally inside the installing product's
directory structure and is no longer installed in a global location
on the target system. The following list shows the default installation
root directory for Version 7 of the GSKit, where product_root is
the root directory of the product that is installing GSKit, for example IBM HTTP
Server or the Web server plug-in.
product_root/gsk7
product_root\gsk7
- if_root
- This directory represents the root directory of the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory. Because
you can download and unpack the Installation Factory to any directory
on the file system to which you have write access, this directory's
location varies by user. IBM WebSphere Installation Factory is an Eclipse-based
tool which creates installation packages for installing WebSphere Application
Server in a reliable and repeatable way, tailored to your specific
needs.
- iip_root
- This directory represents the root directory of an integrated
installation package (IIP) produced by the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory. Because
you can create and save an IIP to any directory on the file system
to which you have write access, this directory's location varies by
user. An IIP is an aggregated installation package that can include
one or more generally available installation packages, one or more
customized installation packages (CIPs), and other user-specified
files and directories.
- profile_root
-
Table 5. Default profile directories. This table shows the default directories for a profile named profile_name on
each distributed operating system.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\
|
- plugins_root
-
Table 6. Default installation root
directories for the Web server plug-ins. This table
shows the default installation root directories for the Web server
plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
|
Note: If the Web server plug-ins are installed as part of
the IBM HTTP Server installation, the installation location is inside
the IBM HTTP Server installation location. For example:
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
- updi_root
-
Table 7. Default installation root
directories for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software. This table shows the default installation root directories
for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller
C:\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller
|
- web_server_root
Table 8. Default installation root
directories for the IBM HTTP Server. This
table shows the default installation root directories for the IBM HTTP
Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/HTTPServer
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\HTTPServer
|
Non-root |
user_home/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\IBM\HTTPServer
|