Single port initial context access to an Enterprise Java Bean (“EJB”) including providing EJBs, including an EJB used by a client of a Java application; deploying the Java application, including deploying, at a fixed node and port, an application server for initial context lookup; selecting through the application server a home object for the EJB used by the client; and instantiating through the home object the EJB used by the client. Providing EJBs typically includes providing database records representing EJBs, each of which includes data describing the name of an EJB, a version of the EJB, and a node and port where an instance of the EJB may be deployed. Selecting a home object typically includes creating a context object, where the context object includes a providerURL, and the providerURL includes the node and port of the application server.