Setting the following logging category to "debug" will open up some new logging information. log4j.category.OpenEJB.server.discovery = debug Or more specifically as: log4j.category.OpenEJB.server.discovery.multipoint = debug log4j.category.OpenEJB.server.discovery.multicast = debug The nature of the debug output is to display all configuration information at startup: DEBUG - Using default 'heart_rate=500' DEBUG - Using default 'max_missed_heartbeats=10' DEBUG - Using default 'max_reconnect_delay=30000' DEBUG - Using default 'reconnect_delay=5000' DEBUG - Using default 'exponential_backoff=0' DEBUG - Using default 'max_reconnect_attempts=10' INFO - Created Tracker{group='default', groupPrefix='default:', heartRate=500, maxMissedHeartbeats=10, reconnectDelay=5000, maxReconnectDelay=30000, maxReconnectAttempts=10, exponentialBackoff=0, useExponentialBackOff=false, registeredServices=0, discoveredServices=0} Changing the configuration should reflect in the logging as follows: INFO - Using 'heart_rate=200' INFO - Using 'max_missed_heartbeats=2' DEBUG - Using default 'max_reconnect_delay=30000' DEBUG - Using default 'reconnect_delay=5000' DEBUG - Using default 'exponential_backoff=0' DEBUG - Using default 'max_reconnect_attempts=10' INFO - Created Tracker{group='default', groupPrefix='default:', heartRate=200, maxMissedHeartbeats=2, reconnectDelay=5000, maxReconnectDelay=30000, maxReconnectAttempts=10, exponentialBackoff=0, useExponentialBackOff=false, registeredServices=0, discoveredServices=0} As well as any events at runtime: DEBUG - Expired Service{uri=green://localhost:0, broadcastString='default:green://localhost:0'} Timeout{lastSeen=-5005, threshold=5000} DEBUG - Added Service{uri=green://localhost:0} DEBUG - Removed Service{uri=green://localhost:0}