Never mind found a good solution. For my outside app server app I just need to specify a jndi.properties somewhere in the classpath and then I can just create a default initial context. jndi.properties file: | ### JBossNS properties | java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory | java.naming.provider.url=jnp://localhost:1099 | java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces | | InitialContext = new InitialContext(); // Will use jndi.properties file | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4237452#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...