I could not deploy an ear but I can rename my ear as a .SAR under the following conditions The packages are in a jar file and located in the [SAR]/lib directory The jboss-service.xml will not get picked up by the class loader unless it is in the [SAR]/META-INF directory. It should look like this myPortal.sar /lib /org/myPackage/myClass.class /META-INF jboss-service.xml I set this up in eclipse and export as an ear, then rename it to SAR. Hope this helps. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4203053#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...