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=Internal=

* [[WildFly CLI Operations#Subjects|WildFly CLI Operations]]

=Overview=

Login to the controller specified in <tt>jboss-cli.xml</tt>.

<pre>
jboss-cli.sh -c
</pre>

For more details about configuring CLI, see [[WildFly CLI Configuration|CLI Configuration]]

To log in into a specific controller, use <tt>--connect=</tt> option immediately followed by the controller URL or the <tt>[[#--controller_Option|--controller]]</tt> option.

The client can connect over the JMX or Remoting protocols.

==Connecting over Remoting Protocol==

Note that <tt>remoting://</tt> is optional

<pre>
./jboss-cli.sh --connect=localhost:9999

./jboss-cli.sh --connect=remoting://localhost:9999
</pre>

<blockquote style="background-color: Gold; border: solid thin Goldenrod;">
:<br>Note this syntax does not work with the EAP 6 and JDG 6 CLI wrapper <tt>cli.sh</tt>.<br><br>
</blockquote>

==Connecting over the JMX Protocol==

<font color=red>TODO, it seems that jmx:// and remoting:// does not make a difference.</font>

==<tt>--controller Option</tt>==

<font color=red>TODO</font>
<pre>
jboss-cli.sh --connect --controller=192.168.0.1:9999 [--user=admin --password=admin123]
</pre>