Looks like a deployment ordering issue. I can think of two options: 1) Create a folder named "deploy.last" in server/default/deploy folder and place your EAR file in that deploy.last folder. That way, your EAR will be deployed after everything else is deployed OR 2) Create a jboss-app.xml (if you dont already have one) and place it in the META-INF of your EAR. The jboss-app.xml can contain the following: <jboss-app> | <module> | <service>cache-config-service.xml</service> | </module> | </jboss-app> And package that cache-config-service.xml at the root of your EAR. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4199379#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...