What's in the Tarantella installation directory?

The Tarantella installation directory contains the following sub-directories:

bin;
etc;
var; and
webserver.

This topic gives a summary of what's in each of these sub-directories and what they are used for.

bin directory

The bin directory contains the scripts, binaries and server-side Java™ technology needed to run Tarantella.

etc directory

The etc directory contains configuration files that control the behavior of Tarantella and applications running under Tarantella. It contains the following subdirectories:

Subdirectory	What it contains
`etc/data`	The following configuration files: application object attribute maps (`attrmap.txt`) color maps (`colormap.txt`) host name maps (`hostnamemap.txt`) Java archive maps (`archives.txt`) Java plug-in configuration (`jpluginconfig.txt`) mainframe terminal configuration (`ttaansi.ti`) printer driver maps (`default.printerinfo.txt`) printer driver to printer type mappings (`printertypes.txt`) printer to user-friendly name mappings (`printernamemap.txt`) RGB color names (`rgb.txt`) timezone configuration (`timezone`)
`etc/data/keymaps`	Keyboard map files (`ansikey.txt`).
`etc/fonts`	X Window System fonts and additional fonts installed with Tarantella.
`etc/pkg`	Information about installed Tarantella packages, for example version compatibility and dependencies.
`etc/templates`	A complete copy of the standard files that get installed in the `etc/data` directory and the `var/serverresources` directory.

var directory

The var directory contains the files that are used by the web server and the files that the Tarantella server copies to other members of the array. The var directory contains many subdirectories and the important ones are listed below:

Subdirectory	What it contains
`var/docroot`	The Tarantella login html pages.
`var/docroot/cgi-bin`	The Tarantella CGI programs.
`var/docroot/native`	The Tarantella Native Client installation files.
`var/docroot/resources`	The files used to display the webtop, including login and webtop themes.
`var/tsp`	X.509 certificates and security keys.
`var/ens`	The ENS database.
`var/log`	Server log files.
`var/print`	The print queue and fifo.
`var/serverresources/expect`	Tarantella login scripts.
`var/spool`	Files on their way to the print queue.

webserver directory

The webserver directory contains the scripts, binaries and server-side Java technology needed to run the Tarantella Web Server and run Java Servlet/JavaServer Pages services.

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