I am using JBoss7 and h2 for the development environment.
http://www.h2database.com/html/main.html
For the windows install just select H2/H2 Console (Command Line) from the windows start menu to start the server.
From the h2 console set the sa password.
You then can run the CreateSchema main located in the soruce at EShift-jpa/src/test/java/CreateSchema. If you want to setup a different eshift admin user change the code here.
Download and unzip to your preferred location on your hardrive.
Add an admin user
From the bin directory run the standalone script to start the server in standalone mode.
Add the default datasource and security-realm by running the EShift-jboss pom
To deploy the current eshift war