h2. Preqs.

* Functional build environment for Apache ESME including maven, current source code etc.
* Account on Stax.net
* [Stax SDK|http://wiki.stax.net/w/index.php/SDK] must be installed locally
* An application on the stax cloud must already exist

h2. Steps


h5. web.xml

Add the following text to your file


{code}
<resource-ref>
<res-ref-name>esme</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>
{code}

h5. stax-web.xml

Create a file in your webapp\WEB-INF directory. The contents of the file looks like this

{code}
<stax-web-app>
 <resource name="esme" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource">
  <param name="username" value="[Username for DB]" />
  <param name="password" value="[Password for DB]" />
  <param name="url" value="jdbc:stax://[DB name]" />
 </resource>
</stax-web-app>
{code}


The information for database is available in the Stax Console for your DB

h5. Build Apache ESME

use _mvn clean install_

h5.


h5. Deploy on Stax

# Start the "Stax Console.bat" command (on windows)
# In this console use the app:deploy command to deploy the application:

&nbsp;*Example:* stax app:deploy \-a&nbsp; esme/esmecloudperf \-m 2010_01_04 \-u \[StaxUser\]-p \[StaxPassword\] D:\\apache\esme\\server\target\esme-server-0.3.0-SNAPSHOT.war