References in product information to app_server_root, profile_root, and other directories infer specific default directory locations. This topic describes the conventions in use for WebSphere Application Server.

Default product locations

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 WAS products or components require multiple locations.

app_server_root

The default installation root directory for WAS ND is...

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND

profile_root

The default directory for a profile named profile_name for WAS ND is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND/profiles/profile_name

user_data_root

The default user data directory for WAS ND is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND

The profiles and profileRegistry subdirectories are created under this directory when you install the product.

plugins_root

The default installation root directory for Web server plug-ins is...

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Plugins/V61/webserver

plugins_user_data_root

The default Web server plug-ins user data root is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V61/webserver

plugins_profile_root

The default Web server plug-ins profile root is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V61/webserver/profiles/profile_name

app_client_root

The default installation root directory for the J2EE WebSphere Application Client is...

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V61/client

app_client_user_data_root

The default J2EE WebSphere Application Client user data root is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V61/client

app_client_profile_root

The default J2EE WebSphere Application Client profile root is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V61/client/profiles/profile_name

web_server_root

The default web server path is /www/web_server_name.

shared_product_library

The shared product library, which contains all of the objects shared by all V6.1 installations on the system, is QWAS61. This library contains objects such as the product definition, the subsystem description, the job description, and the job queue.

product_library

product_lib

This is the product library for the installed product. The product library for each V6.1 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 QWAS61x (where x is A, B, C, and so on). The product library for the first WAS V6.1 product installed on the system is QWAS61A. The app_server_root/properties/product.properties file contains the value for the product library of the installation located under the app_server_root directory.

updi_root

The default installation root directory for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software is...

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/V61/updi

cip_app_server_root

The default installation root directory is...

/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND/cip/cip_uid

...for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation Factory.

A CIP is a WAS ND product bundled with optional maintenance packages, an optional configuration archive, one or more optional enterprise archive files, and other optional files and scripts.

cip_user_data_root

The default user data root directory is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND/cip/cip_uid

...for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation Factory.

cip_profile_root

The default profile root directory is...

/QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V61/ND/cip/cip_uid/profiles/profile_name

...for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation Factory.

Related information

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