The 'minimal' configuration does not contain enough basic services to support web services. I'm not sure if the 'web' configuration does, but that might be something worth trying (assuming you are not using EJBs for your web services.). Otherwise, you will have to use 'default' and follow the slimming guidelines to remove unwanted services: http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/JBoss5xTuningSlimming View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4265595#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...