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 - 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.
- The default installation root directory for the Application Client for IBM® WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client directory.
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client directory.
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client/profiles/profile_name directory.
- The default installation root directory for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/ND directory.
Table 1. Root directories for supported Java Virtual Machines. This table shows the root directories for all supported Java™ Virtual Machines (JVMs).
JVM Directory 32–bit IBM Technology for Java /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/32bit 64–bit IBM Technology for Java /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/64bit - The default Web Server Plug-ins profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver/profiles/profile_name directory.
- The default installation root directory for Web Server Plug-ins is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver directory.
- The default Web Server Plug-ins user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver directory.
- product_lib
- This is the product library for the installed product. The product library for each Version 9.0 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 QWAS9x (where x is A, B, C, and so on). The product library for the first WebSphere Application Server Version 9.0 product installed on the system is QWAS9A. 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.
- The default directory for a profile named profile_name for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/ND/profiles/profile_name directory.
- The shared product library, which contains all of the objects shared by all installations on the system, is QWAS9. This library contains objects such as the product definition, the subsystem description, the job description, and the job queue.
- The default user data directory for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/ND directory.
- The profiles and profileRegistry subdirectories are
created under this directory when you install the product.
The user_data_root directory contains the default locations for WLP_USR_DIR and WLP_OUTPUT_DIR when the Liberty profile is installed. These directories are user_data_root/wlp/usr and user_data_root/wlp/output/servers, respectively.
- The default web server path is /www/web_server_name.