Creating a MySQL datasource for JBoss 7.1

In this tutorial we’ll create a MySQL datasource for JBoss Application Server 7.1. I recommend you to read the article listed in the “Useful article” section, because a MySQL driver is required for our datasource.

Add MySQL to JBoss 7.1 as a module

In this article we’ll create a MySQL module. This can be useful, because a MySQL driver(module) is not part of the core JBoss modules.