The *-ds.xml mechanism for deployment is being deprecated for 5.0, so this will not work. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4033528#4033528 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4033528