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For this you need a geronimo server with a web container installed, such as the geronimo-jetty-minimal or geronimo-jetty6-javaee5 servers. In If you are using one of the javaee5 server assemblies you can use the admin console go to install the plugins. Go to the plugins page, push the "Show Plugins" button, find the sample(s) you want to install, and click install. Be sure to select only plugins for the web container you have installed (e.g. jetty plugins for the jetty web container). Any necessary dependencies such as the SampleDatabase plugin will be installed automatically. There are equivalent command line functions (described next under Installing through gshell) if you are using one of the minimal assemblies that does not include the admin console.
Installing through gshell
For this you can use any geronimo server such as geronimo-framework. After starting geronimo, run ./bin/gsh deploy/list-modules plugins in another terminal window and follow the instructions. Installing a sample plugin will install the sample database plugin and all other dependencies such as the required web container. Alternatively if you build using mvn clean install Pit you can find a server with the sample installed in directories such as <sample>/<sample>-jetty/target/geronimo-framework<version>/.
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After building the sample projects you can find suitable geronimo plans for a sample <sample> in <sample>/<sample>-jetty/target/resources/META-INF/plan.xml (or the equivalent -tomcat directory). For most samples you will need to install the sample database plugin first. Samples can be deployed from the admin console "deploy new" on a suitable server or using gshell ./bin/gsh deploy/deploy. Note that in this case you need to start with a server with all the required bits already installed, not the framework server. Since this installation method is not tested automatically it is more likely to be broken that than the plugin method.
Sample applications available
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