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.

The following extensions are packaged into the ZIP archive:
* the auto-loader,
* the artifact repository,
* the embedded Petals Registry Overlay,
* the WS API.

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,
** the sub-directory {{implementations}} contains implementations of mutable components,
*** the sub-directory {{registry}} contains implementations of the mutable component 'Registry',
**** the sub-directory {{default}} contains the default implementation of the mutable component,
* a directory {{conf}} containing the *default* configuration of the Petals container,
* a directory {{extensions}} where all libraries required by extensions listed bellow are put,
* a directory {{data}} that is the root directory of the data area required by The *default* container:
** the sub-directory {{repository}} is the *default* storage area of the internal repository containing installed/deployed artifacts,
** 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 artifact,
** the sub-directory {{installed}}: the directory scanned by the auto-loader of the *default* container to uninstall/undeploy artifact,
** 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.