IllegalArgumentException: JBAS014847: Could not find a path called 'default-host'

Issue

• We see the following exception on application start up after trying to adjust the JBoss access-log directory configuration:

ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-19) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.host.default-host: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.host.default-host: Failed to start service
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1767) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: JBAS014847: Could not find a path called 'default-host'
    at org.jboss.as.controller.services.path.PathManagerService.resolveRelativePathEntry(PathManagerService.java:91) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.1.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.3.1.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.web.WebVirtualHostService.start(WebVirtualHostService.java:84)
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]