JBoss-5 Beta4 has some known deployment issues. I would recommend that you use the latest stable version 4.2.2 GA. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4152609#4152609 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4152609