How do I shutdown JBoss AS 7 server?

Question

I recently updated from jboss-as.7.1.0.CR1b to jboss-as.7.1.0.Final and want to shutdown running instance from the console. In previous versions th

Answer 1

For some reason the JBoss team decided to reorganize the scripts between minor revision upgrades. In any case, jboss-cli.sh is the replacement for jboss-admin.sh (they are for all intents and purposes the exact same script). So your new shutdown command is:

 ./jboss-cli.sh --connect command=:shutdown