Installation and Configuration Directories on IBM i

The installation process creates these high-level directories. The locations documented often use 77 in the location names or when discussing the release level, however, this value may vary for your particular installation and reference an alternate level such as 82.

Name	Environment Variable	Description	Default Path
Home directory	EDAHOME	Stores the server software programs and other files	ibi/srv77/home Must conform to the following pattern /ibi/srv77/home*
Home library		This installation library contains the actual server programs that appear in the home directory as symbolic links.	The default library name is SRV77, but you can specify any valid library name.
Configuration directory	EDACONF	Stores the configuration files. If you are configuring multiple instances of the server, create separate configuration directories for each by adding a suffix (for example, a number) to the end of the directory name.	ibi/srv77/`product_type` Must conform to the following pattern. /ibi/srv77/`product_type`* Product type can be: WFS for a WebFOCUS Reporting Server FFS for a Full Function Server DM for a DataMigrator Server WFM for a WebFOCUS Maintain Server
Application directory	APPROOT	Contains your application files. Security for application directories is handled at the operating system level. To avoid any possibility of these directories being accessed inappropriately by means of APP commands (such as APP DELETE AppDirName), use directory security to set the appropriate permissions on these directories.	ibi/apps
Profiles directory	EDAPRFU	Stores the user and group profiles and the admin.cfg file (which specifies the server administrator).	ibi/profiles

Multiple WebFOCUS Reporting Servers. If you plan to install multiple copies of WebFOCUS on the same computer, and you want to provide each copy with its own WebFOCUS Reporting Server, you may wish to maintain a separate ibi root directory for each copy, so that you can keep copies of each set of components, including the server, together in the same path.

You can specify a separate apps directory for each copy of WebFOCUS, or specify a single apps directory to be shared by all copies of WebFOCUS.