JBoss install directory structure

The binary distribution unpacks into a top-level JBoss install directory,  often referred  to as the JBOSS_DIST directory. There are four  sub-directories immediately below this:

NOTE: Some directories are dynamically created when you start JBoss. Some directories may not exist in

older versions.

• bin:  contains various scripts and associated files. This is where the run and shutdown scripts, which start and stop JBoss, reside.

• client: stores configuration and jar files which may be needed by a Java client application or an  external web container. You can select archives as required or use jbossall-client.jar.

• docs: contains useful information

• docs/dtd: contains the XML DTD used in JBoss for reference (these are also a useful source of documentation on JBoss configuration specifics).

• examples: contains optional configurations:

• bindingmanager: example configuration for the binding service for running multiple copies on jboss with different ports on the same machine.

• jca: example JCA configuration files for  setting up datasources for different databases (such as MySQL, Oracle, Postgres) and access to legacy EIS systems.

• jms: example configurations for different jbossmq persistence, state manager and connection factorys

• standalone: a script to make a minimal jbossmq server configuration

• jmx: additional and legacy management deployments

• netboot: a web application used when netbooting jboss

• remoting: an early access of the remoting service from JBoss4

• tomcat: scripts for installing different versions of Tomcat

• varia: additional services

• loadbalancer: a deployment for running jboss as a http loadbalancer

• lib: jar files which are needed to run the JBoss microkernel. You should never add any of your own  jar files here.

• server: each of the subdirectories in here is a different ServerConfiguration. The configuration is  selected by passing the option -c <config-name> to the run script.

• <config-name>: a server configuration started with the -c <config-name> option

• conf: configuration files including the bootstrap services in jboss-service.xml

• props: default users/roles properties files for the jmx console (from 4.0.2)

• xmdesc: XMBean descriptors for those MBeans with extended descriptions

• lib: static jar files for the services

• deploy: services and applications that are hot deployed

• data: data files that survive reboot

• tmp: temporary files that do not survive reboot

• work: work files for Tomcat

• minimal: a minimal jndi and jmx kernel

• default: the default configuration (does not include clustering or corba)

• all: all services including clustering and corba

• farm: deployments in here are hot deployed across the cluster

• deploy-hasingleton: deployments in here are only run on one node in the cluster at a time