Can I install Enterprise Applications into a location other than the default installedApps directory?
 Technote (FAQ)
 
Problem
Can I install Enterprise Applications into a location other than the default installedApps directory?
 
Solution
Installing Enterprise Applications into locations other than the default installedApps directory is not supported because there are other WebSphere components that are specifically designed to look at the default installedApps directory.

XMLConfig will allow Enterprise Applications to be deployed in locations other than the default installedApps directory, but this is not supported.

If WebSphere is installed on Unix platforms (e.g., AIX), there is a workaround using symbolic links:

  1. Deploy the Enterprise Application into the default installedApps directory.
  2. Stop the Enterprise Application you will be modifying.
  3. After stopping the Enterprise Application, copy this EAR file to another filesystem including the full directory structure and right owner/group/other permissions.
  4. Delete this EAR file from the default installedApps directory and create a symbolic link there to the physical location of this EAR file (where it was copied before), e.g. ls -s <physical location of EAR> <WebSphere location>/AppServer/installedApps

Note: One problem with using symbolic links in this way is that you may experience some delays caused by a slow network or by heavy traffic on the network.                                                                   
 
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Deploy (for example: AAT or ANT or EAR/WAR/JAR)
Operating system(s): HP-UX
Software version: 4.0.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1055341
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jul 31, 2002