WebFOCUS Client and ReportCaster Directory Structures

WebFOCUS Client Directories

The following directory is installed in the ibi directory by default:

apps: Contains applications and data files. By default, this is the APPROOT directory where WebFOCUS looks for application files.

The default location for other directories is in the WebFOCUS80 directory. For example:

/install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80

The WebFOCUS80 directory contains the following subdirectories:

client: Contains configuration files.
cm: Default location for Change Management import and export packages.
config: Contains additional configuration files and files for optional security configurations.
ibi_html: Contains Java tools, templates, and other files used by WebFOCUS.
logs: Contains space for log files.
magnify: Contains Magnify product files.
migration_import: Location for migration packages created from an earlier release.
ReportCaster: Contains the ReportCaster Distribution Server directories and files.
samples: Contains sample WebFOCUS API applications.
temp: Contains space used during internal processing.
Uninstall_WebFOCUS80: Contains files used by the uninstall program.
utilities: Contains tools for configuration, migration, and other tasks.
webapps: Contains the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster web applications.
worp: Contains the Business Intelligence Dashboard.

ReportCaster Distribution Server Directories

The default directory for the Distribution Server is:

/install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80/ReportCaster

The directory contains the following subdirectories:

bin: Contains application and other executable files.
cfg: Contains configuration and NLS resource files.
lib: Contains ReportCaster libraries.
log: Contains configuration and error messages.
resources: Contains resources.
samples: Contains sample API files.
temp: Contains space for internal processing.
trc: Contains the trace files.

Note: ReportCaster web components are installed with WebFOCUS Client.

File Permissions for WebFOCUS Client Directories

How to:

Configure File Permissions for WebFOCUS Client Directories

WebFOCUS sometimes runs as part of your web server and application server. Therefore, the web and application servers require full access to WebFOCUS directories.

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Procedure: How to Configure File Permissions for WebFOCUS Client Directories

Determine which user IDs run web server and application server processes.
- If you installed using the same ID that runs the web and application server processes, then file permissions should default correctly.
- If web and application servers run as different user IDs, determine which user IDs run your Web and application server processes.
Grant those IDs full access to WebFOCUS Client directories and their subdirectories:
```
/install_directory/ibi/apps
/install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80
```
- If WebFOCUS Client directories are owned by a group whose only member is the owner of the files, then add the other IDs to this group and change permissions to 775.
- If WebFOCUS Client directories are owned by a general group that has many members, change group ownership to a group containing only the necessary IDs and change permissions to 775.

Permissions can be further restricted to 770 for sensitive directories, like config.

Note: Communication between WebFOCUS Client and the WebFOCUS Reporting Server is through TCP/IP, not the file system. However, if WebFOCUS Client and the WebFOCUS Reporting Server are installed on the same machine as the same user, they may share the same approot directory, /install_directory/ibi/apps by default. If this is the case, both WebFOCUS Client and Reporting Server processes require access to this directory.