wildfly registering mysql as a datasource

Question

I have been trying to configure mysql as a datasource in wildfly. I am not sure what i am missing out, i get an error on startup .

I have the mysql-connector-java-5

Answer 1

Two things: I just got mine working, and have the driver and xml located in $JBOSS_HOME/modules/com/mysql/jdbc/main - I'm fairly new with this as well so I'm not sure if that matters. Another thing: I don't know if it is just a typo, but if it was just copied and pasted it looks like your JAR name is incorrect

when it should be

I forgot the .jar in mine, and that ended up fixing it. Hope that helps!