CLI

wildfly cli

WildFly Command Line Interface (CLI) is a management tool for a managed domain or standalone server. You can launch if from the jboss-cli.sh script available in the bin folder of the application.

You can use the CLI to connect to the domain controller or a standalone server and execute management operations available through the de-typed management model.

Here are some useful resources to learn more:

Managing JBoss and WildFly with Groovy shell

17 July 20217 December 2016 by F.Marchioni

The JBoss/WildFly CLI is quite powerful however that is not the only option available when we are managing the application server with shells. In this tutorial we will learn how to use the Groovy Shell to manage the application server. Why should we replace the beautiful CLI ? Although powerful some limitations with the CLI … Read more

How to discover WildFly resources programmatically

7 January 202223 September 2015 by F.Marchioni

This tutorial will help you to create some advanced CLI scripts programmatically from Java. We will focus in particular on discovering Domain resources (such as Host, Servers, Server Groups and their deployment.

Useful CLI scripts in Domain mode

17 July 202122 March 2015 by F.Marchioni

When running in Domain mode using the CLI can be tricky as you have to understand where your resources are located in the application server tree. Let’s see some practical examples: How to configure a resource in a Domain You have to reference the profile you are using. Example: /profile=full/subsystem=ejb3/thread-pool=default:write-attribute(name=max-threads,value=10) How to reach a resource available … Read more

How to create a Logger from WildFly CLI

7 January 202218 March 2013 by F.Marchioni

The following sample script can be added to your CLI scratchbook when you need to add a Logger on the fly for one package contained in your application.

Manage JBoss AS 7 with Jython

17 July 202111 November 2012 by F.Marchioni

The JBoss AS7 uses the CLI (Command Line Interface) as main management instrument. You can write complex management script using its own shell public API. However since the release 7.2 of JBoss AS you can also use many other languages to manage the application server. This tutorial shows how to use Jython to manage JBoss … Read more