h1. Installing Petals ESB using the ZIP archive

Once the Petals ESB ZIP archive is downloaded, extract all files into a directory of your choice.
When files are extracted, Petals ESB is ready to be run. Go to "[Configuring Petals ESB]" to configure your own Petals ESB container.

h1. Content of the ZIP archive

the following extensions are packaged into the ZIP archive:
* the auto-loader,
* the artfifact repository.

The ZIP archive contains:
* a directory {{bin}} that contains the startup script and launcher of Petals ESB,
* a directory {{lib}} where all libraries required by the core of Petals ESB are put,
* a directory {{conf}} containing the *default* configuration of the Petals container,
* a directory {{data}} that is the root directory of the data area required by The *default* container:
** the sub-directory {{repository}} is the storage area of the internal repository containing installed/deployed artefacts,
** the sub-directory {{work}} used as internal working area,