You have to run on a different server path and different IP address: bin/run.sh -c server1 --host=ip1 bin/run.sh -c server2 --host=ip2 If you're trying to run a cluster, just copy one server directory to a new one and use it for the second instance. A simple trick to add a new ip address in linux is (run as su): # ifconfig eth0:1 your_new_ip up View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4075857#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...