To add a Oracle Datasource to the JBOSS server, follow the steps 1. In the standalone.xml or in standalone-full.xml [crayon-577fe6c77bb1f492293760/] 2. In $JBOSS_HOME/modules/com/oracle/jdbc/main I have copied the ojdbc6.jar and created the module.xml file. [crayon-577fe6c77bb2c878846520/] 3. Now you could use the JNDI "java:jboss/datasources/JbpmDS" in your application