Maybe this will help you. I assume you know that you need to have the bootstrap configuration on your classpath and the required jars. in jboss-service.xml there is a bean defined called MainDeployer. <mbean code="org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer" | name="jboss.system:service=MainDeployer"> | <!-- This is used to delegate the deployment handling --> | <attribute name="KernelMainDeployer"><inject bean="MainDeployer" /></attribute> | </mbean> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103758#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...