Installation

To install OpenEJB, simply download the latest release and unpack your zip or tar.gz into the directory where you want OpenEJB to live.

Windows users can download the zip and unpack it with the WinZip program.

Linux users can download the tar.gz and unpack it with the following command:

tar xzvf openejb-0.8.3.tar.gz

Congradulations, you've installed OpenEJB.

If you've unpacked OpenEJB into the directory C:\openejb, for example, than this directory is your OPENEJB_HOME directory. The OPENEJB_HOME directory is refered to in various parts of the documentation, so it's good to remeber where it is.

Using OpenEJB

Now all you need to do is move to the OPENEJB_HOME directory, the directory where OpenEJB was unpacked, and type:

openejb help

For Windows users, that looks like this:
C:\openejb> openejb help

For UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X users, that looks like this:

user@host openejb# ./openejb.sh help

You really only need to know two commands to use OpenEJB, deploy and start. Both are completely documented and have examples.

For help information and command options, try this:

openejb deploy -help

openejb start -help

For examples on using the command and options, try this:

openejb deploy -examples

openejb start -examples

That's it!

If you don't have any EJBs or clients to run, try the ubiquitous Hello World example.

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The OpenEJB User list is where the general OpenEJB community goes to ask questions, make suggestions, chat with other users, and keep a finger on the pulse of the project.

Please feel free to ask as many questions as you need while becoming familiar with the project. We believe the perspective of those who are new the project is very valuable and we rely on your feedback to make the project easier to use and understand for everyone. If you have any suggestions on ways we can help those that are new to the project get up to speed more quickly, we are more than willing to listen.

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