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.
- 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 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 |
- 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.