You could access the properties file using one of the system properties that identifies jboss directories. For example, if the properties file is at server/xxx/config/app.properties, you can access it as follows: String configDir = System.getProperties("jboss.server/config.url"); | Properties prop = new Properties(); | prop.load(new FileInputStream(configDir + "app.properties")); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4097033#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...