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Appendix A. Reference Material

A.1. Server Runtime Arguments

The application server startup script accepts arguments and switches at runtime. This allows the server to start under alternative configurations to those defined in the standalone.xml, domain.xml, and host.xml configuration files.

Alternative configurations might include starting the server with an alternative socket bindings set or a secondary configuration.

The available parameters list can be accessed by passing the help switch -h or --help at startup.

Table A.1. Runtime Switches and Arguments

Argument or SwitchOperating ModeDescription

--admin-only

Standalone

Set the server’s running type to ADMIN_ONLY. This will cause it to open administrative interfaces and accept management requests, but not start other runtime services or accept end user requests. Note that it is recommended to use --start-mode=admin-only instead.

--admin-only

Domain

Set the host controller’s running type to ADMIN_ONLY causing it to open administrative interfaces and accept management requests but not start servers or, if this host controller is the master for the domain, accept incoming connections from slave host controllers.

-b=<value>, -b <value>

Standalone, Domain

Set system property jboss.bind.address, which is used in configuring the bind address for the public interface. This defaults to 127.0.0.1 if no value is specified. See the -b<interface>=<value> entry for setting the bind address for other interfaces.

-b<interface>=<value>

Standalone, Domain

Set system property jboss.bind.address.<interface> to the given value. For example, -bmanagement=IP_ADDRESS

--backup

Domain

Keep a copy of the persistent domain configuration even if this host is not the domain controller.

-c=<config>, -c <config>

Standalone

Name of the server configuration file to use. The default is standalone.xml.

-c=<config>, -c <config>

Domain

Name of the server configuration file to use. The default is domain.xml.

--cached-dc

Domain

If the host is not the domain controller and cannot contact the domain controller at boot, boot using a locally cached copy of the domain configuration.

--debug [<port>]

Standalone

Activate debug mode with an optional argument to specify the port. Only works if the launch script supports it.

-D<name>[=<value>]

Standalone, Domain

Set a system property.

--domain-config=<config>

Domain

Name of the server configuration file to use. The default is domain.xml.

-h, --help

Standalone, Domain

Display the help message and exit.

--host-config=<config>

Domain

Name of the host configuration file to use. The default is host.xml.

--interprocess-hc-address=<address>

Domain

Address on which the host controller should listen for communication from the process controller.

--interprocess-hc-port=<port>

Domain

Port on which the host controller should listen for communication from the process controller.

--master-address=<address>

Domain

Set system property jboss.domain.master.address to the given value. In a default slave host controller configuration, this is used to configure the address of the master host controller.

--master-port=<port>

Domain

Set system property jboss.domain.master.port to the given value. In a default slave host controller configuration, this is used to configure the port used for native management communication by the master host controller.

--read-only-server-config=<config>

Standalone

Name of the server configuration file to use. This differs from --server-config and -c in that the original file is never overwritten.

--read-only-domain-config=<config>

Domain

Name of the domain configuration file to use. This differs from --domain-config and -c in that the initial file is never overwritten.

--read-only-host-config=<config>

Domain

Name of the host configuration file to use. This differs from --host-config in that the initial file is never overwritten.

-P=<url>, -P <url>, --properties=<url>

Standalone, Domain

Load system properties from the given URL.

--pc-address=<address>

Domain

Address on which the process controller listens for communication from processes it controls.

--pc-port=<port>

Domain

Port on which the process controller listens for communication from processes it controls.

-S<name>[=<value>]

Standalone

Set a security property.

-secmgr

Standalone, Domain

Runs the server with a security manager installed.

--server-config=<config>

Standalone

Name of the server configuration file to use. The default is standalone.xml.

--start-mode=<mode>

Standalone

Set the start mode of the server. This option cannot be used in conjunction with --admin-only. Valid values are:

  • normal: The server will start normally.
  • admin-only: The server will only open administrative interfaces and accept management requests but not start other runtime services or accept end user requests.
  • suspend: The server will start in suspended mode and will not service requests until it has been resumed.

-u=<value>, -u <value>

Standalone, Domain

Set system property jboss.default.multicast.address, which is used in configuring the multicast address in the socket-binding elements in the configuration files. This defaults to 230.0.0.4 if no value is specified.

-v, -V, --version

Standalone, Domain

Display the application server version and exit.

Warning

The configuration files that ship with JBoss EAP are set up to handle the behavior of the switches, for example, -b and -u. If you change your configuration files to no longer use the system property controlled by the switch, then adding it to the launch command will have no effect.

A.2. Add-User Utility Arguments

The following table describes the arguments available for the add-user.sh or add-user.bat script, which is a utility for adding new users to the properties file for out-of-the-box authentication.

Table A.2. Add-User Command Arguments

Command Line ArgumentDescription

-a

Create a user in the application realm. If omitted, the default is to create a user in the management realm.

-dc <value>

The domain configuration directory that will contain the properties files. If it is omitted, the default directory is EAP_HOME/domain/configuration/.

-sc <value>

An alternative standalone server configuration directory that will contain the properties files. If omitted, the default directory is EAP_HOME/standalone/configuration/.

-up, --user-properties <value>

The name of the alternative user properties file. It can be an absolute path or it can be a file name used in conjunction with the -sc or -dc argument that specifies the alternative configuration directory.

-g, --group <value>

A comma-separated list of groups to assign to this user.

-gp, --group-properties <value>

The name of the alternative group properties file. It can be an absolute path or it can be a file name used in conjunction with the -sc or -dc argument that specifies the alternative configuration directory.

-p, --password <value>

The password of the user.

-u, --user <value>

The name of the user. User names can only contain the following characters, in any number and in any order:

  • Alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9)
  • Dashes (-), periods (.), commas (,), at sign (@)
  • Backslash (\)
  • Equals (=)

-r, --realm <value>

The name of the realm used to secure the management interfaces. If omitted, the default is ManagementRealm.

-s, --silent

Run the add-user script with no output to the console.

-e, --enable

Enable the user.

-d, --disable

Disable the user.

-cw, --confirm-warning

Automatically confirm warning in interactive mode.

-h, --help

Display usage information for the add-user script.

-ds, --display-secret

Print the secret value in non-interactive mode.

A.3. Interface Attributes

Note

Attribute names in this table are listed as they appear in the management model, for example, when using the management CLI. See the schema definition file located at EAP_HOME/docs/schema/wildfly-config_5_0.xsd to view the elements as they appear in the XML, as there may be differences from the management model.

Table A.3. Interface Attributes and Values

Interface ElementDescription

any

Element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be that it meets at least one, but not necessarily all, of the nested set of criteria.

any-address

Empty element indicating that sockets using this interface should be bound to a wildcard address. The IPv6 wildcard address (::) will be used unless the java.net.preferIPv4Stack system property is set to true, in which case the IPv4 wildcard address (0.0.0.0) will be used. If a socket is bound to an IPv6 anylocal address on a dual-stack machine, it can accept both IPv6 and IPv4 traffic; if it is bound to an IPv4 (IPv4-mapped) anylocal address, it can only accept IPv4 traffic.

inet-address

Either an IP address in IPv6 or IPv4 dotted decimal notation, or a host name that can be resolved to an IP address.

link-local-address

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not an address associated with it is link-local.

loopback

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it is a loopback interface.

loopback-address

A loopback address that may not actually be configured on the machine’s loopback interface. Differs from inet-address type in that the given value will be used even if no NIC can be found that has the IP address associated with it.

multicast

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it supports multicast.

name

The name of the interface.

nic

The name of a network interface (e.g. eth0, eth1, lo).

nic-match

A regular expression against which the names of the network interfaces available on the machine can be matched to find an acceptable interface.

not

Element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be that it does not meet any of the nested set of criteria.

point-to-point

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it is a point-to-point interface.

public-address

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it has a publicly routable address.

site-local-address

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not an address associated with it is site-local.

subnet-match

A network IP address and the number of bits in the address' network prefix, written in slash notation, for example, 192.168.0.0/16.

up

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it is currently up.

virtual

Empty element indicating that part of the selection criteria for an interface should be whether or not it is a virtual interface.

A.4. Socket Binding Attributes

Note

Attribute names in these tables are listed as they appear in the management model, for example, when using the management CLI. See the schema definition file located at EAP_HOME/docs/schema/wildfly-config_5_0.xsd to view the elements as they appear in the XML, as there may be differences from the management model.

The following tables show the attributes that can be configured for each of the three types of socket bindings.

Table A.4. Inbound Socket Binding (socket-binding) Attributes

AttributeDescription

client-mappings

Specifies the client mappings for this socket binding. A client connecting to this socket should use the destination address specified in the mapping that matches its desired outbound interface. This allows for advanced network topologies that use either network address translation, or have bindings on multiple network interfaces to function. Each mapping should be evaluated in declared order, with the first successful match used to determine the destination.

fixed-port

Whether the port value should remain fixed even if numeric offsets are applied to the other sockets in the socket group.

interface

Name of the interface to which the socket should be bound, or, for multicast sockets, the interface on which it should listen. This should be one of the declared interfaces. If not defined, the value of the default-interface attribute from the enclosing socket binding group will be used.

multicast-address

Multicast address on which the socket should receive multicast traffic. If unspecified, the socket will not be configured to receive multicast.

multicast-port

Port on which the socket should receive multicast traffic. Must be configured if multicast-address is configured.

name

The name of the socket. Services needing to access the socket configuration information will find it using this name. This attribute is required.

port

Number of the port to which the socket should be bound. Note that this value can be overridden if servers apply a port-offset to increment or decrement all port values.

Table A.5. Remote Outbound Socket Binding (remote-destination-outbound-socket-binding) Attributes

AttributeDescription

fixed-source-port

Whether the port value should remain fixed even if numeric offsets are applied to the other outbound sockets in the socket group.

host

The host name or IP address of the remote destination to which this outbound socket will connect.

port

The port number of the remote destination to which the outbound socket should connect.

source-interface

The name of the interface that will be used for the source address of the outbound socket.

source-port

The port number that will be used as the source port of the outbound socket.

Table A.6. Local Outbound Socket Binding (local-destination-outbound-socket-binding) Attributes

AttributeDescription

fixed-source-port

Whether the port value should remain fixed even if numeric offsets are applied to the other outbound sockets in the socket group.

socket-binding-ref

The name of the local socket binding that will be used to determine the port to which this outbound socket connects.

source-interface

The name of the interface that will be used for the source address of the outbound socket.

source-port

The port number that will be used as the source port of the outbound socket.

A.5. Default Socket Bindings

The following tables show the default socket bindings for each socket binding group.

Table A.7. standard-sockets

Socket BindingPortDescription

ajp

8009

Apache JServ Protocol. Used for HTTP clustering and load balancing.

http

8080

The default port for deployed web applications.

https

8443

SSL-encrypted connection between deployed web applications and clients.

management-http

9990

Used for HTTP communication with the management layer.

management-https

9993

Used for HTTPS communication with the management layer.

txn-recovery-environment

4712

The JTA transaction recovery manager.

txn-status-manager

4713

The JTA / JTS transaction manager.

Table A.8. ha-sockets

Socket BindingPortMulticast PortDescription

ajp

8009

 

Apache JServ Protocol. Used for HTTP clustering and load balancing.

http

8080

 

The default port for deployed web applications.

https

8443

 

SSL-encrypted connection between deployed web applications and clients.

jgroups-mping

 

45700

Multicast. Used to discover initial membership in a HA cluster.

jgroups-tcp

7600

 

Unicast peer discovery in HA clusters using TCP.

jgroups-udp

55200

45688

Multicast peer discovery in HA clusters using UDP.

management-http

9990

 

Used for HTTP communication with the management layer.

management-https

9993

 

Used for HTTPS communication with the management layer.

modcluster

 

23364

Multicast port for communication between JBoss EAP and the HTTP load balancer.

txn-recovery-environment

4712

 

The JTA transaction recovery manager.

txn-status-manager

4713

 

The JTA / JTS transaction manager.

Table A.9. full-sockets

Socket BindingPortDescription

ajp

8009

Apache JServ Protocol. Used for HTTP clustering and load balancing.

http

8080

The default port for deployed web applications.

https

8443

SSL-encrypted connection between deployed web applications and clients.

iiop

3528

CORBA services for JTS transactions and other ORB-dependent services.

iiop-ssl

3529

SSL-encrypted CORBA services.

management-http

9990

Used for HTTP communication with the management layer.

management-https

9993

Used for HTTPS communication with the management layer.

txn-recovery-environment

4712

The JTA transaction recovery manager.

txn-status-manager

4713

The JTA / JTS transaction manager.

Table A.10. full-ha-sockets

NamePortMulticast PortDescription

ajp

8009

 

Apache JServ Protocol. Used for HTTP clustering and load balancing.

http

8080

 

The default port for deployed web applications.

https

8443

 

SSL-encrypted connection between deployed web applications and clients.

iiop

3528

 

CORBA services for JTS transactions and other ORB-dependent services.

iiop-ssl

3529

 

SSL-encrypted CORBA services.

jgroups-mping

 

45700

Multicast. Used to discover initial membership in a HA cluster.

jgroups-tcp

7600

 

Unicast peer discovery in HA clusters using TCP.

jgroups-udp

55200

45688

Multicast peer discovery in HA clusters using UDP.

management-http

9990

 

Used for HTTP communication with the management layer.

management-https

9993

 

Used for HTTPS communication with the management layer.

modcluster

 

23364

Multicast port for communication between JBoss EAP and the HTTP load balancer.

txn-recovery-environment

4712

 

The JTA transaction recovery manager.

txn-status-manager

4713

 

The JTA / JTS transaction manager.

Table A.11. load-balancer-sockets

NamePortMulticast PortDescription

http

8080

 

The default port for deployed web applications.

https

8443

 

SSL-encrypted connection between deployed web applications and clients.

management-http

9990

 

Used for HTTP communication with the management layer.

management-https

9993

 

Used for HTTPS communication with the management layer.

mcmp-management

8090

 

The port for the Mod-Cluster Management Protocol (MCMP) connection to transmit lifecycle events.

modcluster

 

23364

Multicast port for communication between JBoss EAP and the HTTP load balancer.





Revised on 2018-10-11 12:31:45 UTC