Normally, you start/stop JBoss using bat file on Windows (or the corresponding sh files for other OS). I haven't tried this myself, but, Ant provides a way to invoke the bat/script files through ant tasks http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#batch-shell-execute. Probably, you could just create a ant task to execute the bat file, in which case, all you have to do is set the JAVA_HOME properly. Rest of the classpath will be taken care by the bat file. P.S: If you are starting JBoss as a service, there's a different way to start/stop the service through Ant View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4141563#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...