WebSphere Portal Directory structure

 

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  1. WebSphere Portal directory structure (portal_server_root)
  2. WAS directory structure (app_server_root)
  3. Directories for languages

 

WebSphere Portal directory structure (portal_server_root)

Throughout this documentation, the install location for the portal server component of IBM WebSphere@reg; Portal is noted as portal_server_root.

For i5/OS, the install location for the portal server component of WebSphere Portal is noted as portal_server_root and refers to the UserData path, unless otherwise specified in the topic where you see it. The profile_root variable below refers to the name given to the IBM WebSphere Application Server profile in use.

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

Operating system Location
AIX@reg; /usr/IBM /WebSphere/PortalServer
HP-UX /opt/IBM /WebSphere/PortalServer
Linux /opt/IBM /WebSphere/PortalServer
Solaris /opt/IBM /WebSphere/PortalServer
Windows C:\Program Files\IBM \WebSphere\PortalServer
i5/OS

  • portal_server_root (ProdData)

    • /QIBM/ProdData/PortalServer/V6

  • portal_server_root (UserData)

    • WAS V6 for Base and Express:

      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/Base/profiles/profile_root/PortalServer

    • WAS V6 for Network Deployment:

      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/profiles/profile_root/PortalServer

 

WebSphere Portal directory structure after installation on Windows and UNIX

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after installation. 

portal_server_root          Root directory for WebSphere Portal  |
 +-- bin                    WebSphere Portal  tools  |
 +-- cloudscape             Cloudscape database files  |
 +-- collections            Default directory for Portal Search collections  |
 +-- config                 Portal configuration files  |
 +-- deployed/archive       This directory contains all deployed.WAR files, except for predeployed ones.
 |
 +-- designer               Directory for   Lotus   Workplace Designer  |
 +-- doc                    Javadoc and sample XMLAccess input files  |
 +-- firstSteps             First Steps Launcher
 |
 +-- IBM Trans               Transcoding component  |
 +-- installableApps        Source portlet application files prior to deployment  |
 |
 +-- installableConnectors  Source JCA connectors for enterprise applications  |
 +-- itlm                   IBM Tivoli License Manager files  |
 +-- jcr                    Resources for searching content repositories  |
 +-- license                WebSphere Portal  license agreement  |
 +-- log                    WebSphere Portal  log files  |
 +-- migration              Scripts used to assist in migrating from 
 |                          previous releases of WebSphere Portal 
 |
 +-- odc                    Source Web application files for Productivity Components 
 |                          prior to deployment  |
 +-- package                Response files and utilities for install  |
 +-- pb                     Productivity components  |
 +-- portletscripts         XML files for installing portlets individually  |
 +-- pzn                    Source personalization resources  |
 +-- reguninstall           Resources for uninstalling registry keys  | 
 +-- shared                 Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs, and other resources. 
 |                          The /app subdirectory is the application server's WPSLib shared  |                          library for WebSphere Portal 
 |
 +-- sync 
 |
 +-- uninstall              Resources for uninstalling WebSphere Portal  and components  |
 +-- version                Vinformation for various components  |
 +-- wcm                    Source Web application files for web content management  |
 +-- wmm                    Member Manager  configuration, including attributes of portal users 
 |
 +-- workflow

 

WebSphere Portal directory structure after installation on i5/OS

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after an Install only installation. 

ProdData's portal_server_root          Root directory for WebSphere Portal  |
 +-- depcheck          Dependency checker files  |
 +-- dist              Distributed files  |
 +-- doc               WebSphere Portal  information center  and Javadoc  |
 +-- img               Image files 
 |
 +-- license           WebSphere Portal  license agreement  |
 +-- log               Log files  |
 +-- package           Response files and utilities for install  |
 +-- uninstall         Resources for uninstalling

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after an Install and Configure installation. 

UserData's portal_server_root          Root directory for WebSphere Portal  |
 +-- bin               WebSphere Portal  tools  |
 +-- cloudscape        Cloudscape database files  |
 +-- collections       Collection files 
 |
 +-- config            Portal configuration files  |
 +-- designer          Directory for   Lotus   Workplace Designer  |
 +-- deployed          Portal configuration files  |
 +-- deployed/archive  This directory contains all deployed.WAR files, except for predeployed ones.
 |
 +-- doc               WebSphere Portal  information center  and Javadoc  |
 +-- IBM Trans          Transcoding Technology resources  |
 +-- installableApps   WAR files prior to deployment  |
 +-- installedApps     WAR files after deployment  |
  +-- installableConnectors   Source JCA connectors for enterprise applications  |
  +-- itlm             IBM Tivoli License Manager files  |
 +-- jcr               Resources for searching content repositories  |
 +-- license           WebSphere Portal  license agreement  |
 +-- log               Log files  |
 +-- META-INF          
 |
 +-- migration         Scripts used to assist in migrating from previous releases 
 |                     of WebSphere Portal 
 |
 +-- odc               Productivity components  |
 +-- package           Response files and utilities for install  |
 +-- pb                Productivity components  |
 +-- pzn               Personalization  runtime and resources  |
 +-- shared            Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs, and other resources. 
 |                     The /app subdirectory is the application server's WPSLib shared  |                     library for WebSphere Portal 
 |
 +-- sync  |
 +-- version           Vinformation for various components  |
 +-- wcm               Source Web application files for web content management  |
 +-- wmm               Member Manager  configuration, including attributes of portal users  |
 +-- workflow 
 +-- version           Vinformation for various components  |
 +-- wcm               Source Web application files for web content management  |
 +-- wmm               Member Manager configuration, including attributes of portal users

 

WAS directory structure (app_server_root )

WAS installation directory

Throughout this documentation, the install location for WAS is noted as app_server_root

For i5/OS, the install location for WAS is noted as app_server_root and refers to the UserData path, unless otherwise specified in the topic where you see it. The profile_root variable below refers to the name given to the WAS profile in use.

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

Operating system Location
AIX /usr/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer
HP-UX /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer
Linux /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer
Solaris /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer
Windows C:\Program Files\IBM \WebSphere\AppServer
i5/OS

  • app_server_root (product data)

    • WAS V6 for Base and Express:

      • /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/Base

    • WAS V6 for Network Deployment:

      • /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND

  • app_server_root (user data)

    • WAS V6 for Base and Express:

      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/Base/profiles/profile_root

    • WAS V6 for Network Deployment:

      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/profiles/profile_root

WAS profile directory

Throughout this documentation, the location for the WAS profiles is noted as was_profile_root.

The following table shows the default WAS location for profiles if it is not otherwise specified during installation.

Operating system Location
AIX /usr/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile
HP-UX /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile
Linux /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile
Solaris /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile
Windows C:\IBM \WebSphere\profiles\profile
i5/OS

  • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/Base/profiles/profile_root

  • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/profiles/profile_root

WAS configuration directory

Throughout this documentation, the location for the WAS configuration files is noted as was_config_root.

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

files
Operating system Location
AIX /usr/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile/config
HP-UX /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile/config
Linux /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile/config
Solaris /opt/IBM /WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile/config
Windows C:\IBM \WebSphere\profiles\profile\config
i5/OS

  • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/Base/profiles/profile_root/config

  • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V6/ND/profiles/profile_root/config

wps.war directory

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

    /installedApps/cellname/wps.ear/wps.war
The WAR file directory structure for the WebSphere Portal enterprise application contains the following resources. 

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

 

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   Romanian /ro
Catalan /ca Italian /it Russian /ru
Czech /cs Hebrew /iw Slovak /sk
Danish /da Japanese /ja Slovenian /sl
German /de Korean /ko Swedish /sv
English /en Dutch /nl Thai /th
Greek /el Norwegian /no Turkish /tr
Spanish /es Polish /pl Ukrainian /uk
Finnish /fi Portuguese /pt Simplified Chinese /zh
French /fr Brazilian Portuguese /pt_BR Traditional Chinese /zh_TW

 

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