Sever level MBean hasn't been initialized yet when a web app starts up, causing javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException

1. Put the attached custom module, test_valve.jar and its module.xml , into $JBOSS_HOME/modules/test/valve/main . This includes 2 valves, test.valve.TestValve and test.valve.TestValve2 . TestValve2 looks up TestValve MBean in its start() lifecycle method. The source code is available in the jar file too. 2. Define TestValve as a global valve in standalone.xml as follows. <subsystem xmlns= "urn:jboss:domain:ee:1.1" > <global-modules> <module name= "test.valve" slot= "main" /> </global-modules> ... </subsystem> ... <subsystem xmlns= "urn:jboss:domain:web:1.4" ...> ... <valve name= "globalConcurrentControllerValve" module= "test.valve" class- name= "test.valve.TestValve" /> </subsystem> 3. Deploy attached TestWAR.war . This defines TestValve2 as an application level valve in jboss-web.xml . 4. Start the server with debugger enabled. A break point should have been set at addValve() line of ContainerBase as follows. org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.java 1201# public synchronized void addValve(Valve valve) { 1202# 1203# pipeline.addValve(valve); // <= STOP HERE 1204# fireContainerEvent(ADD_VALVE_EVENT, valve); 1205# } 5. javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException is thrown in a thread of ServerService Thread Pool .