Install Tomcat 6

Unpack Tomcat installation

$ jar -xf apache-tomcat-6.0.14.zip

{{$ ls apache-tomcat-6.0.14/
LICENSE RELEASE-NOTES bin/ lib/ temp/ work/
NOTICE RUNNING.txt conf/ logs/ webapps/}}

Make scripts executable

$ chmod u+x apache-tomcat-6.0.14/bin/*.sh

Start Tomcat

{{$ apache-tomcat-6.0.14/bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home}}

Verify Tomcat is Running

Visit http://localhost:8080/ and you should see the Tomcat welcome page.

Stop Tomcat

{{$ apache-tomcat-6.0.14/bin/shutdown.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/dain/work/ejb-plugin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home}}

Install OpenEJB

Unzip OpenEJB Tomcat plugin in Tomcat webapps directory

{{$ cd apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps/

apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps$ jar -xf ../../openejb-tomcat-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip

apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps$ cd ../..}}

Copy openejb-loader jar to Tomcat lib directory

$ cp apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps/openejb/lib/openejb-loader-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar apache-tomcat-6.0.14/lib/

Add OpenEJB listener to Tomcat server.xml file

Add the following

to your apache-tomcat-6.0.14/conf/server.xml file: