Could not connect with jboss-cli when using hostname in EAP 6

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Issue

  • We have a problem to connect to jboss-cli when using the $hostname with underscore :
$ ../../bin/jboss-cli.sh -c --controller=srvapp14_01:10001
org.jboss.as.cli.CliInitializationException: Failed to connect to the controller
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.initCommandContext(CliLauncher.java:280)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.main(CliLauncher.java:258)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineMain.main(CommandLineMain.java:34)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at org.jboss.modules.Module.run(Module.java:270)
        at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:411)
Caused by: org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineException: The controller is not available at srvapp14_01:10001
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.tryConnection(CommandContextImpl.java:951)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:790)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:766)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.initCommandContext(CliLauncher.java:278)
        ... 8 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: destination address may not be null
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeForResult(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:129)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.execute(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:71)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.tryConnection(CommandContextImpl.java:929)
        ... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: destination address may not be null
        at org.jboss.remoting3.remote.RemoteConnectionProvider.connect(RemoteConnectionProvider.java:139)
        at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.doConnect(EndpointImpl.java:296)
        at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.doConnect(EndpointImpl.java:251)
        at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.connect(EndpointImpl.java:349)
        at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.connect(EndpointImpl.java:337)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connect(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:80)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connectSync(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:99)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionManager$EstablishingConnection.connect(ProtocolConnectionManager.java:256)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionManager.connect(ProtocolConnectionManager.java:70)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.FutureManagementChannel$Establishing.getChannel(FutureManagementChannel.java:176)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CLIModelControllerClient.getOrCreateChannel(CLIModelControllerClient.java:156)
        at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CLIModelControllerClient$2.getChannel(CLIModelControllerClient.java:118)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.ManagementChannelHandler.executeRequest(ManagementChannelHandler.java:115)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.ManagementChannelHandler.executeRequest(ManagementChannelHandler.java:90)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeRequest(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:236)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.execute(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:141)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeForResult(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:127)
        ... 13 more

Environment

  • RedHat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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