Currently, JBossWeb can handle system property substitution in server.xml. It is used for the bind address. However, it can't handle ${property:default} syntax. Is there a specific reason this was left out of the code base? If not, adding it would mean that we would be one step closer to have system properties for every port in JBoss AS, and once we have that, we can get rid of the SBM. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4078839#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...