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Deploying the Entity Bean

To deploy the entity bean in the Blazix EJB server, add the following lines to the EJB configuration file ejb.ini. 
ejbJar: c:\Ejbtut\PropsEjb.jar
ejb.Props.dataSource: propsDataSource
ejb.Props.table: PropsTable
The first line loads the EJB by specifying the name of the Jar file created by the EJB compiler.  Loading the EJB also registers the name of the EJB - "Props" in this case - with the EJB server.  In the next line we are specifying the data source associated with the EJB.  The data source is already configured, so we just need to give its name to the EJB server.  We also need to the specify the table name within the data source.

After having changed the ejb.ini file as shown above, start the Blazix EJB server.  You should see the following lines in the output from the EJB server showing your EJB was deployed: 

Deploying EJB-Home class "props.PropsHome" at JNDI name "Props"
[Note: It is not always necessary to stop and restart the server to deploy an EJB.   In fact, in a production environment this would not be a good idea.  Many EJB containers support "live" deployments and updates of EJBs.  For instance, in Blazix, EJBs can be added or updated via a "live" deployment using the EJB remote administration tool.  See your server documentation for details.]

Exercise:  Deploy your employee EJB.

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