1. In an application server environment, a method comprising: from a comprehensive list of available services for start up of the application server, autonomically determining which specific services are required by the application to be initiated within the application server environment during start up, wherein said autonomically determining further comprise parsing an ear file of the application through a pre-processor which provides introspection of the ear file to complete a discovery of the specific services associated with the application; generating a binary file having an on indicator for each of said specific services and an off indicator for other services among the list of services that are not determined to be a specific service; and dynamically enabling start up of the application server with only those specific services required by the application and which have an on indicator.