Chapter 4. Manage Configuration at Runtime

To start the JBoss EAP CLI, you need to run the jboss-cli script.

$ .../bin/jboss-cli.sh

> ...\bin\jboss-cli.bat

This will bring you to a prompt like this:

[disconnected /]

There’s a few commands you can execute without a running standalone server or domain controller, but usually you will have to have those services booted up before you can execute CLI commands. To connect to a running server simply execute the connect command.

[disconnected /] connect
connect
[domain@localhost:9990 /]

You may be thinking to yourself, "I didn’t enter in any username or password!". If you run jboss-cli on the same machine as your running standalone server or domain controller and your account has appropriate file permissions, you do not have to setup or enter in a admin username and password. See the JBoss EAP Configuration Guide for more details on how to make things more secure if you are uncomfortable with that setup.