It looks like it is not possible to replace -b 0.0.0.0 with set of system properties passed to jvm with as -D parameters. I prepare migration to JBoss 5.1.0.GA from JBoss 4.2.3, and while playing with run.conf.bat, found that -b command line option can not be mimicked with java system properties. Here is what happens. I do not set bind_addr in XML files. When I use -b 0.0.0.0, I see what is actually expected (services listen on all interfaces, JGroups node name is properly assigned: ... GMS: address is 147.249.124.180:3847 (cluster=Partition112) ... 18:00:17,046 INFO [Http11Protocol] Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-0.0.0.0-8080 ... But when I use -Djboss.bind.address=0.0.0.0, JGroups node name is not assigned properly. I am getting: ... GMS: address is 0.0.0.0:4011 (cluster=Partition112) ... 10:01:29,377 INFO [Http11Protocol] Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-0.0.0.0-8080 ... The same happens when I use -Djboss.bind.address=0.0.0.0 -Dbind.address=0.0.0.0 Isn't JGroups supposed to use only -Djgroups.bind_address? Because it looks like the only way to make clustering work without XML is to use -b option. Is this behavior expected? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4233920#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...