The root user or administrator user (on a Windows
system) is capable of registering shared products and installing into
system-owned directories. The following default directories are system-owned
directories.
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 - Express products or components,
of course, require multiple locations.
- app_server_root - the install_root for WebSphere Application Server
- The following list shows default installation root directories
for WebSphere Application Server - Express:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
- profile_root
- The following list shows the default directory for a profile named profile_name on
each distributed operating system:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name
- plugins_root
- The following default installation root directories are for the
Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/webserver
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/webserver
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/webserver
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/webserver
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\webserver
- web_server_root
- The following default installation root directories are for the
IBM HTTP Server:
/usr/IBMIHS
/opt/IBMIHS
/opt/IBMIHS
/opt/IBMIHS
C:\Program Files\IBMIHS
- gskit_root
- The following list shows the default installation root directories
for Version 7 of the IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit):
/usr/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
C:\Program Files\IBM\GSK7
- app_client_root
- The following default installation root directories are for the
WebSphere Application Client:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (J2EE
Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (J2EE
Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (J2EE
Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (J2EE
Application client only)
C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
- updi_root
- The default installation root directory
for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software is the component_root/updateinstaller directory.
- cip_app_server_root
- The following list shows the default installation root directories
for a customized installation package (CIP) produced by the Installation
Factory.
A CIP is a WebSphere Application Server - Express product bundled with one or more maintenance packages,
an optional configuration archive, one or more optional enterprise
archive files, and other optional files and scripts:
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\cip\cip_uid
The cip_uid variable
is the CIP unique ID generated during creation of the build definition
file. You can override the generated value in the Build definition
wizard. Use a unique value to allow multiple CIPs to install on the
system.
- component_root
- The component installation root directory is any installation
root directory described in this topic. Some programs are for use
across multiple components. In particular, the Update Installer for
WebSphere Software is for use with WebSphere Application Server - Express, Web server plug-ins, the Application Client, and
the IBM HTTP Server. All of these components are part of the product
package.