Try to deploy .rar, containing ra.xml like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- $Id $ --> <connector xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/connector_1_5.xsd " version="1.5"> <vendor-name>Red Hat Middleware LLC</vendor-name> <eis-type>Test RA</eis-type> <resourceadapter-version>0.1</resourceadapter-version> <resourceadapter> <resourceadapter-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleResourceAdapter</resourceadapter-class> <outbound-resourceadapter> <connection-definition> <managedconnectionfactory-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleManagedConnectionFactory</managedconnectionfactory-class> <connectionfactory-interface>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleConnectionFactory</connectionfactory-interface> <connectionfactory-impl-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleConnectionFactoryImpl</connectionfactory-impl-class> <connection-interface>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleConnection</connection-interface> <connection-impl-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleConnectionImpl</connection-impl-class> </connection-definition> <reauthentication-support>false</reauthentication-support> </outbound-resourceadapter> <inbound-resourceadapter> <messageadapter> <messagelistener> <messagelistener-type>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleMessageListener</messagelistener-type> <activationspec> <activationspec-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleActivationSpec</activationspec-class> </activationspec> </messagelistener> </messageadapter> </inbound-resourceadapter> <adminobject> <adminobject-interface> org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleAdminObject</adminobject-interface> <adminobject-class>org.jboss.jca.deployers.test.rars.inout.SimpleAdminObjectImpl</adminobject-class> </adminobject> </resourceadapter> </connector> and ironjacamar.xml like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ironjacamar> <config-property name="first">rara</config-property> <config-property name="second">false</config-property> <transaction-support>LocalTransaction</transaction-support> <connection-definitions> <connection-definition jndi-name="java:/ijwc-activation"> <pool> <prefill>false</prefill> <use-strict-min>false</use-strict-min> </pool> <config-property name="first">ccc</config-property> <config-property name="second">a</config-property> </connection-definition> </connection-definitions> <admin-object jndi-name="java:/ao/ijwc-activation"> <config-property name="first">aoao</config-property> <config-property name="second">0.99</config-property> </admin-object> </ironjacamar>