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This page gives a list and a description of all the valid deployment descriptors that a WildFly deployment can use. This document is a work in progress.

Descriptor Location Specification Description Info
jboss-deployment-structure.xml META-INF or WEB-INF of the top level deployment   This file can be used to control class loading for the deployment Class Loading in WildFly
beans.xml WEB-INF or META-INF CDI The presence of this descriptor (even if empty) activates CDI Weld Reference Guide
web.xml WEB-INF Servlet Web deployment descriptor  
jboss-web.xml WEB-INF   JBoss Web deployment descriptor. This can be use to override settings from web.xml, and to set WildFly specific options  
ejb-jar.xml WEB-INF of a war, or META-INF of an EJB jar EJB The EJB spec deployment descriptor ejb-jar.xml schema
jboss-ejb3.xml WEB-INF of a war, or META-INF of an EJB jar   The JBoss EJB deployment descriptor, this can be used to override settings from ejb-jar.xml, and to set WildFly specific settings  
application.xml META-INF of an EAR Java EE Platform Specification   application.xml schema
jboss-app.xml META-INF of an EAR   JBoss application deployment descriptor, can be used to override settings application.xml, and to set WildFly specific settings  
persistence.xml META-INF JPA JPA descriptor used for defining persistence units Hibernate Reference Guide
jboss-ejb-client.xml WEB-INF of a war, or META-INF of an EJB jar   Remote EJB settings. This file is used to setup the EJB client context for a deployment that is used for remote EJB invocations EJB invocations from a remote server instance
jbosscmp-jdbc.xml META-INF of an EJB jar   CMP deployment descriptor. Used to map CMP entity beans to a database. The format is largely unchanged from previous versions.  
ra.xml META-INF of a rar archive   Spec deployment descriptor for resource adaptor deployments IronJacamar Reference Guide Schema
ironjacamar.xml META-INF of a rar archive   JBoss deployment descriptor for resource adaptor deployments IronJacamar Reference Guide
*-jms.xml META-INF or WEB-INF   JMS message destination deployment descriptor, used to deploy message destinations with a deployment
*-ds.xml META-INF or WEB-INF   Datasource deployment descriptor, use to bundle datasources with a deployment DataSource Configuration
application-client.xml META-INF of an application client jar Java EE6 Platform Specification The spec deployment descriptor for application client deployments application-client.xml schema
jboss-client.xml META-INF of an application client jar   The WildFly specific deployment descriptor for application client deployments  
jboss-webservices.xml META-INF for EJB webservice deployments or WEB-INF for POJO webservice deployments/EJB webservice endpoints bundled in .war   The JBossWS 4.0.x specific deployment descriptor for webservice endpoints  
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  1. Mar 10, 2012

    Radim Kolář

    There is missing link to jboss-web,xml schema. It should be documented properly, because it is one of most used deployment descriptors.

    1. May 23, 2012

      Steven Boscarine

      I agree with Radim.  I also noticed standalone.xml doesn't declare a schema.  I think most users would find it very helpful.

  2. May 18, 2013

    István Tóth

    Also See JbossDTDs
    You can find the XSDs in the docs/schema subdirectory of your JBossAS directory.