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Directory structure


This topic shows the naming conventions used to denote the location of files on the servers and the types of resources we can find in those directories.


WebSphere Portal root directory (PORTAL_HOME)

Throughout this documentation, the installation location for the portal server component of IBM WebSphere Portal is noted as PORTAL_HOME.

For the IBM i platform, an additional variable is used to indicate the user data directory. The user data directory is noted as PortalServer_root_user.

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


WebSphere Portal profile directory (wp_profile_root)

Throughout this documentation, the profile location is noted as wp_profile_root. The following information shows the default profile location if another location it is not specified during installation:


WebSphere Portal Configuration Engine root directory (ConfigEngine_root)

Throughout this documentation, the installation location for the Configuration Engine component is noted as ConfigEngine_root.


WebSphere Portal Configuration Engine profile directory

The Configuration Engine profile directory is the location of ConfigEngine.


WebSphere Portal directory structure after installation

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after installation:

On the Linux and IBM i operating systems, all directories are r/o. On z/OS operating systems, all subdirectories are r/w in the ConfigEngine_root directory. However, the content might be r/w (if files were copied) or r/o (if files are symlinked). 

PORTAL_HOME          Root directory for WebSphere Portal  |
 +-- ap
 |
 +-- base  |
 +-- bin                    WebSphere Portal tools
 |
 +-- bp
 |
 +-- doc                    Javadoc and sample XMLAccess input files  |
 +-- ext                      |
 +-- filesForDmgr              |
 +-- installer    |
 +-- jcr                    Resources for the Content Repository  |
 +-- license                WebSphere Portal license agreement
 |
 +-- lwo     |
 +-- lwp04.infra          |
 +-- people                   |
 +-- prereq                   |
 +-- prereqs.infra           |
 +-- profileTemplates            |
 +-- properties              |
 +-- pzn                      |
 +-- pzn.ext                  |
 +-- search                   |
 +-- shared                 Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs,   |                          and other resources.   |                          The /app subdirectory is the application server's   |                          WPSLib shared library for WebSphere Portal  |
 +-- solutionInstaller
 +-- theme   |
 +-- ui   |
 +-- version                Version information for various components  |
 +-- wcm                    Source Web application files for web content manager  |
 +-- wps.properties


WAS directory structure (WAS_HOME)

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

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

The following table shows the WAS installation directory:


WAS profile directory

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


Lotus Domino directory structure (domino_server_root and domino_data_root)

Throughout this documentation, the install location for the IBM Lotus Domino server software is noted as domino_server_root.

For IBM i, the install location for the Lotus Domino server software is noted as domino_server_root and refers to the ProdData path, unless otherwise specified in the topic where you see it.

Throughout this documentation, the install location for the Lotus Domino server software is noted as domino_server_root, which is the install root.

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

The Lotus Domino server data directory is noted as domino_data_root.

For IBM i, The Lotus Domino server data directory is noted as domino_data_root and refers to the UserData path, unless otherwise specified in the topic where you see it.

The Lotus Domino server data directory is noted as domino_data_root, which is the config root.

The following information shows the default location of the Domino data directory if it is not otherwise specified during installation:


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


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