It's usually not defined by default. You set it using a -Djboss.build.address=xyz if you want to set it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030772#4030772 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4030772