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 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.
- app_client_root
-
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
- app_server_root
-
Table 2. 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
Nonroot user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
- component_root
- 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.
- 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.
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
- profile_root
-
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
- plugins_root
-
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
- wct_root
-
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
- web_server_root
-
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
Default product locations - IBM i
- app_client_root
- The default installation root directory for the Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client directory.
- app_client_user_data_root
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client directory.
- app_client_profile_root
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V9/client/profiles/profile_name directory.
- app_server_root
- The default installation root directory for WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/Base directory.
- java_home
-
Table 8. 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 - plugins_profile_root
- The default Web Server Plug-ins profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver/profiles/profile_name directory.
- plugins_root
- The default installation root directory for Web Server Plug-ins is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver directory.
- plugins_user_data_root
- The default Web Server Plug-ins user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V9/webserver directory.
- product_library
- 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. - profile_root
- The default directory for a profile named profile_name for WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/Base/profiles/profile_name directory.
- shared_product_library
- 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. - user_data_root
- The default user data directory for WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V9/Base 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.
- web_server_root
- The default web server path is /www/web_server_name.