There is a general org.jboss.kernel.plugins.util.KernelLocator, but you can just inject it as is done by the profile-service: | <property name="controller"><inject bean="jboss.kernel:service=Kernel" property="controller"/></property> | Ales is also looking for more mc integration, so I think we need to look at taking more control of the initialization of the jbossweb pieces. I'll look at creating some subtasks under the JBAS-5672 as we explore this more. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4167167#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...