Add a Custom Deploy Folder
1.5.2. Adding a custom deploy folder JBoss server by default looks for deployments under the JBOSS_DIST/jboss-as/server/ /deploy folder. However you can configure the server to even include your custom folder for scanning deployments. This can be done by configuring the BootstrapProfileFactory MC bean in $JBOSS_HOME/server/$PROFILE/conf/bootstrap/profile.xml file. The applicationURIs property of the BootstrapProfileFactory accepts a list of URLs which will be scanned for applications. You can add your custom deploy folder to this list. For example, if you want /home/me/myapps to be scanned for deployments, then you can add the following: