File and Folder Locations

All the files and folders listed in this table are created automatically by Essentials, either when Essentials is installed, or when you configure something that requires that file or folder.

Curly brackets represent a file path. For example, {GE_INSTALL} is the path of the Essentials installation folder.

Square brackets represent the name of the particular item. For example, in {GE_HOME}\Sites\[site], [site] stands for the name of a particular site.

Default File and Folder Locations

File or Folder

Shorthand

Default Location

Geocortex Essentials installation folder

{GE_INSTALL}

C:\Program Files (x86)\Latitude Geographics\Geocortex Essentials

Geocortex Essentials REST folder

{GE_HOME}

Unnamed instance of Essentials: {GE_INSTALL}\Default\REST Elements

Named instances of Essentials: {GE_INSTALL}\[instance]\REST Elements

Sites folder

{GE_SITES}

{GE_HOME}\Sites

Tile package (TPK) files folder

 

{GE_SITES}\TPKs

Folder for a particular site

  

{GE_SITES}\[site]

Site configuration file

  

{GE_SITES}\[site]\Site.xml

Essentials Web.config files

  

{GE_HOME}\REST\Web.config

{GE_HOME}\Manager\Web.config

Geocortex Core

{CORE}

C:\Program Files\Latitude Geographics\Geocortex Core

Instant Search index

  

{CORE}\Data

Geocortex Identity Server

{IdServer}

C:\Program Files (x86)\Latitude Geographics\Geocortex Identity Server

Identity Server connections file

 

{IdServer}\Web\Configuration\Settings\connectionStrings.config

Identity Server membership provider

  

{IdServer}\Web\Configuration\Settings\membership.config

Identity Server role provider

  

{IdServer}\Web\Configuration\Settings\roleManager.config

Site cache

  

{GE_HOME}\REST\App_Data\SiteCache\SiteCache.xml

Global virtual directory

  

{GE_HOME}\Sites\VirtualDirectory

Virtual directory for a site*

  

{GE_SITES}\[site]\[virtual directory]

Geocortex viewers

{G_VIEWERS}

{GE_SITES}\[site]\Viewers

Viewers

  

{G_VIEWERS}\[viewer]

Viewer virtual directory

  

{G_VIEWERS}\[viewer]\VirtualDirectory

HTML5 viewer configuration files

  

{G_VIEWERS}\[viewer]\VirtualDirectory\Resources\Config\Default

HTML5 viewer custom images

  

{G_VIEWERS}\[viewer]\VirtualDirectory\Resources\Images\Custom

HTML5 viewer styles

  

{G_VIEWERS}\[viewer]\VirtualDirectory\Resources\Styles\Custom

HTML5 viewer language files

 

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\[viewer]\Resources\Locales

Resources directory

  

{GE_HOME}\Sites\Resources

Print templates

  

{GE_HOME}\Sites\Resources\PrintTemplates

Large-format print jobs (during creation)

  

{GE_HOME}\Print Jobs

Workflows

  

{GE_HOME}\Sites\Resources\Workflows

REST settings

  

{GE_HOME}\Sites\RestAppSettings.xml

Documentation

  

{GE_HOME}\Docs

Essentials assemblies (DLL files)

  

{GE_HOME}\REST\bin

{GE_HOME}\Manager\bin

Essentials log files

  

{GE_HOME}\REST\App_Data\Logs

{GE_HOME}\Manager\App_Data\Logs

* A site's virtual directory can be anywhere in the site's folder. Usually, it is a subfolder of the site's folder, as shown in the table, but it can also be more deeply nested.