How do I shutdown JBoss Wildfly when I can't access the CLI tool?

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I"m using Wildfly 10.0.0.CR2 with Java 8. I have Wildfly listening for http connections on port 8080 and in the past have used this command to shut down the server ...

./jboss-cli.sh --connect command=:shutdown

HOwever, occassionally, I'm not able to access this tool, even though the server is still running. Note the interaction below on my Mac ...

Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:bin davea$ ./jboss-cli.sh --connect command=:shutdown
Failed to connect to the controller: The controller is not available at localhost:9990: java.net.ConnectException: WFLYPRT0023: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9990. The connection timed out: WFLYPRT0023: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9990. The connection timed out
Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:bin davea$ telnet localhost 8080
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.

My question is, what is a foolproof way to shutdown the JBoss server? Note I would prefer a method that does not rely on the CLI tool.

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '15 at 22:16

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I suspect that it is sometimes unable to connect because I can see on the telnet that localhost is resolving to ipv6 first. have you tried:

./bin/jboss-cli.sh --connect controller=127.0.0.1:9990 command=:shutdown

Short of that you can always just kill the PID:

pgrep -d" " -f "wildfly" | xargs kill;

answered Dec 02 '15 at 22:16

Tea Curran

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In Windows I cannot stopping the server with pgrep -d" " -f "wildfly" | xargs kill; – Fernando Pie Nov 01 '19 at 17:00

WizofOz · Answer 2 · 2017-06-12T01:29:18.067

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To stop Wildfly:

$ ./jboss-cli.sh --connect command=:shutdown

edited Jun 12 '17 at 01:29

answered Jun 09 '17 at 08:02

WizofOz

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The question was: *How to shut down* and not *How to start*. Flagged as NAA. – Noel Widmer Jun 09 '17 at 08:20
in win10 command line: jboss-cli.bat --connect command=:shutdown – Enrique San Martín Oct 13 '17 at 21:19

How do I shutdown JBoss Wildfly when I can't access the CLI tool?

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