Directory structure

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

WebSphere Portal root directory (PortalServer_root)

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

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:
AIX
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer
HP-UX
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer
Linux
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer
Solaris
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer
Windows
C:\IBM\WebSphere\PortalServer
IBM i
  • portal_server_root (ProdData)
    • /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V7/<product offering>/Portal
    Where <product offering> is Server, Content, or Express
  • PortalServer_root_user (UserData)
    • WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 for Base and Express:
      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V7/Base/profiles/wp_profile/PortalServer
    • WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 for Network Deployment:
      • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V7/nd/profiles/wp_profile/PortalServer

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:
AIX
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile
HP-UX
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile
Linux
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile
Solaris
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile
Windows
C:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile
IBM i
  • WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 for Base and Express:
    • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V7/Base/profiles/wp_profile
  • WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 for Network Deployment:
    • /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V7/nd/profiles/wp_profile

wp_profile is the default profile name but is used here as an example since there may be multiple profiles with self described or incremental names (for example, wp_profile1, wp_profile2, and so on).

WebSphere Portal directory structure after installation on Windows and UNIX

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after installation.

PortalServer_root          Root directory for WebSphere Portal
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 +-- ap
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 +-- base
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 +-- bin                    WebSphere Portal tools
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 +-- bp
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 +-- cmapi
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 +-- doc                    Javadoc and sample XMLAccess input files
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 +-- ext                    
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 +-- filesForDmgr            
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 +-- firstSteps             First Steps Launcher (Windows and Linux only)
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 +-- installableApps        Source portlet application files prior to deployment
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 +-- installer  
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 +-- jcr                    Resources for the Content Repository
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 +-- license                WebSphere Portal license agreement
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 +-- log                    WebSphere Portal log files
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 +-- lwo   
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 +-- lwp04.infra         
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 +-- package                Response files and utilities for install
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 +-- pcc.api                
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 +-- pcc.impl               
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 +-- people                 
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 +-- prereq                 
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 +-- prereqs.infra          
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 +-- properties             
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 +-- pzn                    
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 +-- pzn.ext                
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 +-- search                 
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 +-- shared                 Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs, 
 |                          and other resources. 
 |                          The /app subdirectory is the application server's 
 |                          WPSLib shared library for WebSphere Portal
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 +-- theme 
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 +-- ui 
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 +-- uninstall              Resources for uninstalling WebSphere Portal 
 |                          and components
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 +-- version                Version information for various components
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 +-- wcm                    Source Web application files for web content management
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 +-- wps.properties                    

WebSphere Portal directory structure after installation on i

WebSphere Portal has the following directory structure after the installation:

ProdData's PortalServer_root         Root directory for WebSphere
Portal
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 +-- depcheck          Dependency checker files
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 +-- dist              Install binary files
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 +-- doc               WebSphere Portal
 |                     Information Center and Javadoc |
 +-- img               Image files 
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 +-- license           WebSphere Portal license agreement
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 +-- log               Log files
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 +-- package           Response files and utilities for install
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 +-- uninstall         Resources for uninstalling 
 |                     WebSphere Portal and components


UserData's PortalServer_root_user         Root directory for WebSphere
Portal user's data

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 +-- ap       
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 +-- base   
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 +-- bin               WebSphere Portal tools
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 +-- bp   
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 +-- cmapi
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 +-- config
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 +-- deployed  
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 +-- derby
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 +-- doc               WebSphere Portal 
 |                     Information Center and JavaDoc
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 +-- ext   
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 +-- installableApps   WAR files prior to deployment
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 +-- installer    
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 +-- jcr               Resources for the Content Repository
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 +-- log               Log files
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 +-- lwo     
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 +-- lwp01.infra     
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 +-- META-INF          
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 +-- migration         Scripts used to assist in migrating from previous releases 
 |                     of WebSphere Portal
 +-- package           Response files and utilities for install
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 +-- pcc.api     
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 +-- people     
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 +-- prereq     
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 +-- prereqs.infra     
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 +-- pzn               Personalization runtime and resources
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 +-- pzn.ext     
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 +-- search
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 +-- shared            Shared resources, including runtime JARs, TLDs, 
 |                     and other resources. 
 |                     The /app subdirectory is the application server's WPSLib 
 |                     shared library for WebSphere Portal
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 +-- theme
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 +-- ui
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 +-- version           Version information for various components
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 +-- wizard   

WebSphere Application Server directory (AppServer_root)

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

The following section shows the WebSphere Application Server installation directory:
Windows
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
Linux
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
AIX
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Solaris
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
IBM i
The install location for WebSphere Application Server 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 refers to the name given to the WebSphere Application Server profile in use.

WebSphere Application Server profile directory (was_profile_root)

Throughout this documentation, the location for the WebSphere Application Server 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 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.

The following information shows the default location if it is not otherwise specified during installation:
AIX
/opt/IBM/Lotus/
HP-UX
/opt/IBM/Lotus/
Linux
/opt/IBM/Lotus/
Solaris
/opt/IBM/Lotus/
Windows
C:\Lotus\Domino
IBM i
  • domino_server_root (ProdData)
    • /QIBM/ProdData/Lotus/DOMINOrelease_number

The Lotus Domino server data directory is noted as domino_data_root.

For 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 following information shows the default location of the Domino data directory if it is not otherwise specified during installation:
AIX
/opt/IBM/Lotus/Domino/data
HP-UX
/opt/IBM/Lotus/Domino/data
Linux
/opt/IBM/Lotus/Domino/data
Solaris
/opt/IBM/Lotus/Domino/data
Windows
C:\Lotus\Domino\Data
IBM i
  • domino_data_root (UserData)
    • WebSphere Application Server for Base and Express:
      • /QIBM/USERDATA/LOTUS/NOTES
    • WebSphere Application Server for Network Deployment:
      • /QIBM/USERDATA/LOTUS/NOTES

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).

Table 1. Languages supported by WebSphere Portal
Language (locale) Directory
Arabic /ar
Danish /da
English /en
French /fr
Italian /it
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