Directory conventions
References in product information to app_server_root, profile_root, and other directories imply specific default directory locations. Become familiar with the conventions in use for WebSphere® Application Server.
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 Network Deployment products or components require multiple locations. Default values for installation actions by root and nonroot users are given. If no nonroot values are specified, then the default directory values are applicable to both root and nonroot users.
Table 1. Default installation root directories for the Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server. This table shows the default installation root directories for the Application Client for IBM® WebSphere Application Server.
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
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
Table 2. Default installation directories for WebSphere Application Server. This table shows the default installation directories for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
User Directory Root /usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
- The component installation root directory is any installation root directory described in this article. Some programs are for use across multiple components—in particular, the Web Server Plug-ins, the Application Client, and the IBM HTTP Server. All of these components are part of the product package.
- 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.
Table 3. Default installation directories for GSKit. This table shows the default installation root directory for Version 8 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.
User Directory Root and nonroot product_root/gsk8
product_root\gsk8
Table 4. 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
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles
Table 5. 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
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
Table 6. Default installation root directories for the WebSphere Customization Toolbox. This table shows the default installation root directories for the WebSphere Customization Toolbox.
User Directory Root /usr/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox
Table 7. 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
Nonroot user_home/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\IBM\HTTPServer