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Default product locations (root user install)

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 WAS ND products or components, of course, require multiple locations.

app_server_root - the install_root for WAS

The following list shows default installation root directories for WAS ND:

AIX	/usr/IBM/WAS/AppServer
HP-UX	/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer
Linux	/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer
Solaris	/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer
Windows	C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer Our usage: C:\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/WAS/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name

 

plugins_root

The following default installation root is for the Web server plug-ins for WAS:

/usr/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
/opt/ibm/HTTPServer/Plugins
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
C:\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins

 

web_server_root

The following default installation root directories are for the IBM HTTP Server:

/usr/IBM/HTTPServer
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer
/opt/ibm/HTTPServer
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\IBM\HTTPServer

 

gskit_root

The following list shows the default installation root directories for V7 of the IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit):

/usr/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
/opt/ibm/gsk7
C:\IBM\GSK7

 

app_client_root

The following default installation root directories are for the WebSphere Application Client:

/usr/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient

 

updi_root

The following list shows the default installation root directories for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software:

/usr/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/opt/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/opt/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/opt/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
C:\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller

 

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 WAS ND 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/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
C:\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 WAS ND, Web server plug-ins, the Application Client, and the IBM HTTP Server. All of these components are part of the product package.

 

Default product locations (non-root install)

The non-root user or non-administrator user (on a Windows system) is not capable of registering shared products and installing into system-owned directories. The following default directories are user-owned directories in the home directory of the non-root installer as opposed to being globally shared resources that are available to all users.

 

app_server_root

The following list shows the default installation directories for non-root installation of WAS ND:

/IBM/WAS/AppServer
/IBM/WAS/AppServer
/IBM/WAS/AppServer
/IBM/WAS/AppServer
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

 

profile_root

The following list shows the default directories for creating profiles:

/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/profiles/
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\

 

web_server_root

The following default installation root directories are for the IBM HTTP Server:

/IBM/HTTPServer
/IBM/HTTPServer
/IBM/HTTPServer
/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\IBM\HTTPServer

 

plugins_root

The following list shows the default installation root directories for the Web server plug-ins for WAS:

/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
/ibm/HTTPServer/Plugins
/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
C:\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins

 

app_client_root

The following list shows the default installation root directories for the WebSphere Application Client:

/IBM/WAS/AppServer/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
/IBM/WAS/AppClient (J2EE Application client only)
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient

 

updi_root

The following list shows the default installation directories for non-root installation of WAS ND:

/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller
/IBM/WAS/UpdateInstaller C:\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller

 

cip_app_server_root

The following list shows the default installation root directories for a WAS ND product CIP:

/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
/IBM/WAS/AppServer/cip/cip_uid
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\cip\cip_uid

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Related information

Task overview: Installing
Installing the product and additional software
Operating system registry keys
Limitations of non-root installers

 

Reference topic