Add Management User to JBoss

In this tutorial, we will add a management user to the JBoss Application server. This user can access the JBoss HAL Management Console. On a Linux system, we can add the user using the add-user.sh shell script.

JBoss Install on Linux:

• https://www.testingdocs.com/install-jboss-application-server-on-linux/

Steps

On Linux(Ubuntu)

Launch Terminal and change directory path to the Wildfly server ‘bin’ directory.

$ cd $JBOSS_HOME/bin

Example:

$ cd /opt/wildfly/bin

List of directory contents:

 

Run the shell script add-user.sh

./add-user.sh 

To create Management user choose the a option. Provide details of the user like:

• Username
• Password
• Re-enter Password
• User Groups – comma separated List

 

Choose a strong password for the user. There are some default Password recommendations to should meet. We can choose to modify these rules in the add-user.properties configuration file.

On Windows

On Windows we can use the add-user.bat batch script. Open command prompt on the machine.

Change the working directory to %JBOSS_HOME%/bin

Launch the add-user.bat script

Enter the required username, password and user group details.

Sample Log

C:\>cd %JBOSS_HOME%/bin

C:\wildfly\bin>add-user.bat

What type of user do you wish to add?
a) Management User (mgmt-users.properties)
b) Application User (application-users.properties)
(a):

Enter the details of the new user to add.
Using realm 'ManagementRealm' as discovered from the existing property files.
Username : testingdocs
Password recommendations are listed below. To modify these restrictions 
edit the add-user.properties configuration file.
- The password should be different from the username
- The password should not be one of the following restricted values 
{root, admin, administrator}
- The password should contain at least 8 characters, 1 alphabetic 
character(s), 1 digit(s), 1 non-alphanumeric symbol(s)
Password :
Re-enter Password :
What groups do you want this user to belong to? 
(Please enter a comma separated list, or leave blank for none)[ ]:

Admin Console

Once the user is added. Login to Management console and verify.

The default Admin console URLs are as follows:

http://<server>:9990/console

For example: the default HAL Management Console URL

http://127.0.0.1:9990/console