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WebSphere Portal directory structure

Throughout this documentation, the install location for the portal server component of WebSphere Portal is noted as wp_root.

The following table shows the default location if it is not otherwise specified during installation:

Operating system Location
AIX /usr/WebSphere/PortalServer
HP-UX /opt/WebSphere/PortalServer
Linux /opt/WebSphere/PortalServer
Solaris /opt/WebSphere/PortalServer
Windows C:\Program Files\WebSphere\PortalServer

Windows/UNIX: The portal server has the following directory structure after installation:

wp_root         Root directory for WebSphere Portal
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 +-- app                    Transcoding technology tag library definition 
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 +-- bin                    WebSphere Portal tools
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 +-- cloudscape             Cloudscape database files
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 +-- config                 Portal configuration files
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 +-- content                Java content repository resources
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 +-- deployed               Copies of the .ear and .war files for installed portlet applications.
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 +-- doc                    Javadoc and sample XMLAccess input files
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 +-- firstStep              First Steps Launcher
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 +-- doc                    Javadoc and sample XMLAccess input files
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 +-- IBMTrans               Transcoding component
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 +-- install                Source Web application files for the portal prior to deployment  
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 +-- installableApps        Source portlet application files prior to deployment
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 +-- installableConnectors  Source JCA connectors for enterprise applications
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 +-- installedApps          Active portlet applications extracted to the WAR file 
 |                          directory structure
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 +-- itlm                   IBM Tivoli License Manager files
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 +-- jcr                    Resources for searching content repositories
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 +-- jvm                    Java runtime resources for local commands and scripts.
 |                          Do not confuse this JVM with the server JVM.
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 +-- license                WebSphere Portal license agreement
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 +-- log                    WebSphere Portal log files
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 +-- migration              Scripts used to assist in migrating from 
 |                          previous releases of WebSphere Portal
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 +-- odc                    Source Web application files for Productivity Components 
 |                          prior to deployment
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 +-- package                Response files and utilities for install
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 +-- portletscripts         XML files for installing portlets individually
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 +-- pzn                    Source personalization resources
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 +-- shared                 Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs, and other resources. 
 |                          The /app subdirectory is the appserver's WPSLib shared
 |                          library for WebSphere Portal
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 +-- systests               XMLAccess system test suite
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 +-- uninstall              Resources for uninstalling WebSphere Portal and components
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 +-- version                Vinformation for various components
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 +-- wcm                    Source Web application files for web content management
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 +-- wmm                    Member Manager configuration, including attributes of portal users

 

WebSphere Application Server directory structure

Throughout this documentation, the install location for WebSphere Application Server is noted as was_root.

The following table shows the default location if it is not otherwise specified during installation:

Operating system Location
AIX /usr/WebSphere/AppServer
HP-UX /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
Linux /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
Solaris /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
Windows C:\Program Files\WebSphere\AppServer

The WebSphere Portal enterprise application is installed to the following location within WebSphere Application Server's path:

/installedApps/hostname/wps.ear/wps.war

The WAR file directory structure for the WebSphere Portal enterprise application contains the following resources.

wps.war
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 +-- c2a              Cooperative portlet resources
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 +-- doc              Portal-level help and readme
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 +-- DocEditor        JSPs for the Rich Text Editor
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 +-- dtd              XML DTDs and schema definitions 
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 +-- html             License and privacy HTML files for the portal.  
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 +-- images           Common images for the portal
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 +-- menu             Resources for MenuService applet (Collaborative Components API)
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 +-- META-INF         Standard Java MANIFEST.MF for the portal Web application
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 +-- peopleawareness  Resources for the people awareness features
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 +-- screens          Screen JSPs for the portal
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 |   +-- markup_name  Subdirectory for each markup type
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 |-- skins            Skin JSPs for the portal
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 |   +-- markup_name  Subdirectory for each markup type
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 |-- themes           Theme JSPs for the portal
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 |   +-- markup_name  Subdirectory for each markup type
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 +-- virtualportal    XMLAccess file for setting up a virtual portal
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 +-- WEB-INF          Protected resources for the portal Web application
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 +-- wts              JavaScript resources for Transcoding Technology

The following directories contain resources for customization. Resources for all other directories in the portal Web application directory structure must not be modified.

  • /doc
  • /html
  • /images
  • /screens
  • /skins
  • /themes
  • /virtualportal

 

Directories for languages

The following shows the languages supported by WebSphere Portal and the directories used for storing locale-specific resources. These directories are used in portlet Web application directories and in the WebSphere Portal enterprise application (themes, skins, and other Web application resources).

Language (locale) Directory Language (locale) Directory Language (locale) Directory
Arabic /ar Hungarian /hu Brazilian Portuguese /pt_BR
Czech /cs Italian /it Romanian /ro
Danish /da Hebrew /iw Russian /ru
German /de Japanese /ja Swedish /sv
English /en Korean /ko Thai /th
Greek /el Dutch /nl Turkish /tr
Spanish /es Norwegian /no Ukrainian /uk
Finnish /fi Polish /pl Simplified Chinese /zh
French /fr Portuguese /pt Traditional Chinese /zh_TW

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