Usage Instructions

Introduction

WildFly is a powerful, modular, and lightweight application server that helps you build amazing enterprise Java applications.

WildFly is free and open source software, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or later.

Getting started

  1. Launch the product via 1-Click
  2. Use a web browser to access the Admin console at http://[ec2-ip]:9990/console, where [ec2-ip] is the public ip provided by Amazon for your instance.
  3. Log in using the following credentials:
    • Username: admin
    • Password: The instance_id of the EC2 instance

You can also access your EC2 instance via SSH using the username and your Amazon private key.

The username depends on the operative system:

  • Amazon Linux: 'ec2-user'
  • Ubuntu: 'ubuntu'
  • Rocky Linux: 'rocky'
  • AlmaLinux: 'ec2-user'
  • CentOS Stream: 'ec2-user'

Installation details

To change the default username and password, edit the $WILDLFY_HOME/standalone/configuration/mgmt-users.properties file. You can also add users with $WILDLFY_HOME/bin/add-user.sh script.

WildFly server is deployed in /usr/java/wildfly-[version] directory, which is linked to /usr/java/wildfly.

The server is launched in standalone mode by default, using the file: 'standalone.xml'.

The service configuration file is located at '/etc/wildfly/wildfly.conf'.

Server service is configured with systemd.

View status server:

[centos@ip-172-31-9-232 etc]$ sudo systemctl status wildfly

Stop server:

[centos@ip-172-31-9-232 etc]$ sudo systemctl stop wildfly

Start server:

[centos@ip-172-31-9-232 etc]$ sudo systemctl start wildfly

Other useful data

Location of sensitive information

There is no sensible data

Encryption configuration

There is no encrypted data.

Changing system credentials

To change the Wildfly credentials you can follow the instructions in the following link:

Instructions on how the user interacts with Wildfly to decrypt necessary data

You can use the Wildfly management console to view all necessary data.

How to assess and monitor the health and proper function of the application.

  1. Navigate to your Amazon EC2 console and verify that you're in the correct region.
  2. Choose Instance and select your launched instance.
  3. Select the server to display your metadata page and choose the Status checks tab at the bottom of the page to review if your status checks passed or failed.

List of AMIs provisioned by Neodoo

WildFly
Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS ✔ View
Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS ✔ View
Amazon Linux 2023 ✔ View

Additional resources