When you deploy to JBossAS (by deploy, I mean copy to server/default/deploy), the app server will automatically start the application. By the way, the application in question must be a Java EE application, not a Java SE application. Examples of Java EE applications include web applications packaged in WAR file, EJBs packaged in JAR file, combinations of EJBs and web apps packaged in EAR files. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4165403#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...