Environment variables in JBoss datasource

Question

I have a JBoss server running and want to deploy a service. The service connects to a database which is configured in the following xml file

Answer 1

Make sure you have property substitution enabled in your standalone.xml.

Look for the following subsytem in standalone.xml, and make sure the values are set to true

<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:ee:1.1">
     <spec-descriptor-property-replacement>true</spec-descriptor-property-replacement>
     <jboss-descriptor-property-replacement>true</jboss-descriptor-property-replacement>
</subsystem>

EDIT: This is only supported for eap6 and jboss 7.1.2 (or later)