Add Management User to JBoss/Wildfly

Overview

In this tutorial, we will add management user to JBoss Application server. We can access the JBoss HAL Management Console with this user. On 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/

Add Management User

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:

JBoss bin directory

Run the shell script add-user.sh

./add-user.sh

Add Management User Linux

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.

add user wildfly

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.

Add Management user Windows

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)[ ]: