The jboss-cli-client jar can be used to remotely manage a JBoss EAP7 instance with CLI or jconsole. Copy jboss-cli-client.jar to your client machine. You do not need to install JBoss EAP7. TO RUN CLI: java -jar [--help] [--version] [--controller=host:port] [--gui] [--connect] [--file=file_path] [--commands=command_or_operation1,command_or_operation2...] [--command=command_or_operation] [--user=username --password=password] Use --help for an explanation of the CLI command line options. TO RUN JCONSOLE: jconsole -J-Djava.class.path=;; Path to jconsole.jar and tools.jar is typically /lib/jconsole.jar and /lib/tools.jar.