bin]$ ./jboss-cli.sh -c --controller=localhost:9999 - Results in Connection Timed Out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-1664 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-1664 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: CLI Reporter: Darran Lofthouse Assignee: Darran Lofthouse Fix For: 8.0.0.Beta1 Port 9999 is by default the native management interface. The command './jboss-cli.sh -c --controller=localhost:9999' results in the following error: - {code} org.jboss.as.cli.CliInitializationException: Failed to connect to the controller at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.initCommandContext(CliLauncher.java:291) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.main(CliLauncher.java:269) 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:601) 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 localhost:9999 at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.tryConnection(CommandContextImpl.java:967) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:806) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:778) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.initCommandContext(CliLauncher.java:289) ... 8 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.net.ConnectException: JBAS012144: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9999. The connection timed out 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:945) ... 11 more Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: JBAS012144: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9999. The connection timed out at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connectSync(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:131) 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:162) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CLIModelControllerClient$2.getChannel(CLIModelControllerClient.java:124) 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 {code} This is because the use of HTTP upgrade is assumed, however clients using the CLI from previous versions were used to using this connection command against the native management interface only.