I forgot to add the link that I went through http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/EncryptingDataSourcePasswords View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4242981#4242981 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4242981