Installation default directories and values

The default file paths, URLs, and other reference information that might be needed while installing Rational® Publishing Engine are listed in this topic.

Default installation directories

Table 1. Default installation directories and documentation conventions.
Name Convention in documentation Default value
Rational Publishing Engine installation directory RPE_HOME
  • Administrator installation:
    • For Windows32-bit: C:\Program Files(x86)\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine
    • For Windows64-bit: C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine
  • Non-administrator installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine
    • For Linux: user.home/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine
Application data directory APPDATA
  • Administrator installation:
    • For Windows32-bit: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\
    • For Windows64-bit: C:\Users\user\AppData\
Temporary files directory TEMP
  • Administrator installation:
    • For Windows32-bit: C:\Documents and Settings\user\temp
    • For Windows64-bit: C:\Users\user\AppData\
Rational Publishing Engine web application installation directory (Document Builder) <RPENGInstallDir>
  • Administrator installation:
    • For Windows32-bit: C:\Program Files(x86)\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\document-builder
    • For Windows64-bit: C:\Program Files \IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\document-builder
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine/document-builder
  • Non-administrator installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\document-builder
    • For Linux: user.home/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine/document-builder
Rational Publishing Engine Examples installation directory <RPESourceInstallDir>
  • Administrator installation:
    • For Windows32-bit: C:\Program Files(x86)\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\source
    • For Windows64-bit: C:\Program Files \IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\source
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine/source
  • Non-administrator installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\Rational\Publishing Engine\source
    • For Linux: user.home/IBM/Rational/PublishingEngine/source

Default URLs

Table 2. Default URLs for application server management.
Application server Default URL
WebSphere® Application Server Administrative Console

http://<server>:<port>/ibm/console

The default port for WebSphere Application Server is 9043.

Apache Tomcat Manager

http://<server>:<port>/manager/html

The default port for Apache Tomcat is 8080.

Table 3. Default URLs for Rational Publishing Engine.
Application Default URL
Document Builder

http://<server>:<port>/rpeng

Help contents

http://<server>:<port>/help/index.jsp

Help update packages if you are downloading help to an internal server

http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/


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