10.6.2. Transactional Datasource Configuration

10.6.2.1. Configure Your Datasource to Use JTA Transactions

Summary

This task shows you how to enable Java Transactions API (JTA) on your datasource.

Prerequisites

You must meet the following conditions before continuing with this task:

Procedure 10.1. Configure the Datasource to use JTA Transactions

  1. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

    Depending on whether you run JBoss EAP 6 in a managed domain or standalone server, your configuration file will be in a different location.
    • Managed domain

      The default configuration file for a managed domain is in EAP_HOME/domain/configuration/domain.xml for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and EAP_HOME\domain\configuration\domain.xml for Microsoft Windows Server.
    • Standalone server

      The default configuration file for a standalone server is in EAP_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and EAP_HOME\standalone\configuration\standalone.xml for Microsoft Windows Server.
  2. Locate the <datasource> tag that corresponds to your datasource.

    The datasource will have the jndi-name attribute set to the one you specified when you created it. For example, the ExampleDS datasource looks like this:
    <datasource jndi-name="java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS" pool-name="H2DS" enabled="true" jta="true" use-java-context="true" use-ccm="true">
  3. Set the jta attribute to true.

    Add the following to the contents of your <datasource> tag, as they appear in the previous step: jta="true"
  4. Save the configuration file.

    Save the configuration file and exit the text editor.
  5. Start JBoss EAP 6.

    Relaunch the JBoss EAP 6 server.
Result:

JBoss EAP 6 starts, and your datasource is configured to use JTA transactions.