File Locations

Where FOSSology installs files and where it keeps temp files can be changed during install. To see where they are installed on your fossology installation,

• Login in as a fossology admin

• On the top menu, click on Help > Debug > Global Variables

The default global variable locations are:

Variable	path	Removed by fo-cleanold?
BINDIR	/usr/bin
LIBDIR	/usr/lib
LIBEXECDIR	/usr/lib/fossology
INCLUDEDIR	/usr/include
MAN1DIR	/usr/share/man/man1
AGENTDIR	/usr/lib/fossology/agents
SYSCONFDIR	/etc
PROJECTSTATEDIR	/var/lib/fossology
PROJECT	fossology	n/a
DATADIR	/usr/share/fossology
VERSION	//a.b.c//	n/a
SVN_REV	exported	n/a

If you want to see all the files on your system, go to the top of the fossology source tree and run

utils/mkfilelists

The output is in /tmp/new-distro. Note, this will do multiple makes on the fossology source, ending with a make clean.

These file locations are based on the LSB see LSB Location Table put together by Matt Taggart.

/etc/fossology

FOSSology configuration files:

File	Purpose
conf	Directory of Apache configuration files
Db.conf	Database connection parameters
fossology.conf	FOSSology configuration file
mods-enabled	Directory of symlinks to fossology modules
samplefooter.txt	Sample file for scheduler email footer
sampleheader.txt	Sample file for scheduler email header
VERSION	Version, subversion rev, and build date for the installed release

/usr/local/etc/fossology

Same as /etc/fossology, but this is the default location of tarball installs.

/var/log

File	Purpose
fossology.log	log file, uses autorotate

Other directories

Directory	Contents
/usr/lib/fossology	Command line programs, install utilities
/usr/local/lib/fossology	Same as /usr/lib/fossology, but for source installs
/usr/share/fossology	Module directory (see /etc/fossology/mods-enabled/)
/usr/local/share/fossology	Same as /usr/share/fossology, but for source installs
/var/lib/fossology	System specific data, e.g. bucketpools
/var/local/lib/fossology	Same as /var/lib/fossology, but for source installs
/usr/bin	command line executables
/usr/local/bin	Same as /usr/bin, but for source installs