
Hermes is an interactive tool for JMS

We recommend you keep your hermes-config.xml separate from the install 
so you can easily upgrade without affecting existing configuration. 

Follow the steps below:

1. Be careful not to overwrite any previous hermes-config.xml file. 

2. In your home directory (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Colin for 
Windows or /home/colin for Unix), Hermes create a .hermes directory 
and creates a default hermes-config.xml if one does not exist. Once 
you have run Hermes for the first time, copy any existing 
configuration to this directory.

3. If you wish to store your configuration elsewhere, set the 
HERMES_CONFIG environment variable to that directory.

4. This directory is the working directory for Hermes where hermes.log,
message stores and the default message directory will be written. 
You may wish to copy the MessageStores directory from an existing 
Hermes installation to migrate message stores to this new installation. 

i.e:

   All users:

   $HERMES_HOME/bin
   $HERMES_HOME/lib
   etc
   
   Per user:

   $HOME/.hermes/hermes-config.xml
   $HOME/.hermes/hermes.log
   $HOME/.hermes/MessageStores

5. To run, click on the shortcut in the start menu or run either the 
$HERMES_HOME/bin/hermes.bat or $HERMES_HOME/bin/hermes.sh scripts.

You can find additional installation instructions on the web at
http://www.hermesjms.com/confluence/display/HJMS/Installing

