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 WS API.

The ZIP archive contains:
* a directory {{bin}} that contains the startup script and launcher of Petals ESB,

** the sub-directory {{work}} used as internal working area of the *default* container,
** the sub-directory {{install}}: the directory scanned by the auto-loader of the *default* container to install/deploy artfifact,
** the sub-directory {{installed}}: the directory scanned by the auto-loader of the *default* container to uninstall/undeploy artfifact,
** the sub-directory {{artifacts}}: the *default* root directory of the artifact repository, containing:
*** the sub-directory {{sl}} where JBI shared library archives are put,
*** the sub-directory {{components}} where JBI component archives are put,
*** the sub-directory {{sa}} where JBI service assembly archives are put,
* a directory {{logs}} that is the directory in which log files of the *default* container will be written.