Chapter 4. Installation

Once you have downloaded the distribution you need to install it in a location of your choice.

4.1. Compressed Tape Archive (.tar.gz)

Extract the distribution using

tar xzf jboss-jca-1.0.0.tar.gz
     

The distribution will be located in a directory named

jboss-jca-1.0.0
     

4.2. Zip Archive (.zip)

Extract the distribution using

unzip jboss-jca-1.0.0.tar.gz
     

or any program capable of handling Zip archives such as WinZip and WinRar.

The distribution will be located in a directory named

jboss-jca-1.0.0
     

4.3. Directory structure

The JBoss JCA container has the following directory structure:

  • bin: Contains the scripts that starts the container.
  • config: Contains the configuration of the container.
  • deploy: Contains user deployments.
  • doc: Contains the documentation.
  • lib: Contains all the libraries needed by the container.
  • log: Contains the log files for the container.
  • system: Contains system deployments.
  • tmp: Contains temporary files.