Java EE 8 Application Development

Setting up data sources

Java EE applications don't access connection pools directly, instead, they access a data source that points to a connection pool. To set up a new data source, click the JDBC Resources menu item on the left-hand side of the web console, then click the New... button.

After filling out the appropriate information for our new data source, the main area of the web console should look something like this:

After clicking the OK button, we can see our newly created data source: