I also tried the void addChild() Add a virtual host .. method with the jboss.web:type=Engine mBean which by its limited description seems that it should do what im looking for but when i try to invoke the method with a param value of "testapp1.local.com" it throws the following exception: root cause javax.management.IntrospectionException: Failed to find PropertyEditor for type: org.apache.catalina.Container org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOpByName(Server.java:251) org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOp(Server.java:223) org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.invokeOp(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:262) org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.processRequest(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:100) org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.doPost(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:82) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810) org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993146#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...