Followed the instructions here : http://fusesource.com/docs/esbent/7.0/esb_deploy_osgi/BuildWar-Modify.html configured the WAR plugin with instructions. Deployed using instructions here : http://fusesource.com/docs/esbent/7.0/esb_deploy_osgi/DeployWar-Convert.html using : install war:mvn:us.hennepin/RooForFuse/0.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/war?Web-ContextPath=RooForFuse