Nothing to do with ejb3, and we don't read env entries from the context.xml. The web.xml/jboss-web.xml have to be used. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993549#3993549 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993549