EasyBeans is configured with the help of an easy-to-understand XML configuration file.

The following is an example of an EasyBeans XML configuration file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<easybeans xmlns="http://org.ow2.easybeans.server">
    <!-- Define components that will be started at runtime -->
    <components>
        <!-- RMI/JRMP will be used as protocol layer -->
        <rmi>
           <protocol name="jrmp" port="1099" hostname="localhost" />
        </rmi>

        <!-- Start a transaction service -->
        <tm />

        <!-- Start a JMS provider -->
        <jms port="16030" hostname="localhost">
          <topic>dummyTopic</topic>
        </jms>

        <!-- Creates an embedded HSQLDB database -->
        <hsqldb port="9001" dbName="jdbc_1">
            <user name="easybeans" password="easybeans" />
        </hsqldb>
        <hsqldb port="9002" dbName="jdbc_2">
            <user name="easybeans" password="easybeans" />
        </hsqldb>

        <!-- Add mail factories -->
        <mail>
          <!-- Authentication ?
          <auth name="test" password="test" />
          -->
          <session name="javax.mail.Session factory example" jndiName="mailSession_1">
            <!-- Example of properties -->
            <property name="mail.debug" value="false" />
          </session>

          <mimepart name="javax.mail.internet.MimePartDataSource factory example" jndiName="mailMimePartDS_1">
            <subject>How are you ?</subject>
            <email type="to">john.doe@example.org</email>
            <email type="cc">jane.doe@example.org</email>
            <!-- Example of properties -->
            <property name="mail.debug" value="false" />
          </mimepart>
        </mail>


        <!-- Creates a JDBC pool with jdbc_1 JNDI name -->
        <jdbcpool jndiName="jdbc_1" username="easybeans"
            password="easybeans"
            url="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9001/jdbc_1"
            driver="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
        <!-- Creates a JDBC pool with jdbc_2 JNDI name -->
        <jdbcpool jndiName="jdbc_2" username="easybeans"
            password="easybeans"
            url="jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9002/jdbc_2"
            driver="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />

        <!-- Start smartclient server with a link to the rmi component-->
        <smart-server port="2503" rmi="#rmi" />
    </components>
</easybeans>

By default, an easybeans-default.xml file is used. To change the default configuration, the user must provide a file named easybeans.xml, which is located at classloader/CLASSPATH.