I did not notice this earlier: anonymous wrote : <use-java-context>false</use-java-context> Doing this, the datasource will be bound to DefaultDS and not java:DefaultDS. Since you are referring to java:DefaultDS at many other places (ex: standardjaws.xml), i recommend that you remove the use-java-context entry from the ds.xml file. But, this doesn't seem to be the reason for your WAR deployment failure: anonymous wrote : | state: INIT_WAITING_DEPLOYER | watch: file:/home/encore/jboss-4.0.4.GA/server/default/deploy/CAC.war Did you do any changes to jboss-service.xml? Is CAC.war an archive or are you deploying in an exploded format? Also, what does the following command output (run it from the command prompt): jar -tf CAC.war View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4145738#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...