Red Hat JBoss server discovery

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Discovery can detect JBoss application servers running on Linux and Windows systems.

    Note:
    For information on Probe to Pattern migration see the knowledge article KB0694477.

    Requirements

    For JBoss application servers running on Linux systems.
    • Set probe permissions to use these Bourne shell commands: find, cat, and dirname.
    • Enable SSH on the JBoss application server. The SSH credential must also have read permissions on the web.xml and jboss-service.xml files.

    For JBoss application servers running on Windows systems, enable PowerShell on the MID Server.

    Note:
    See the knowledge article KB0687582 for information on model_id and manufacturer.

    Credentials

    For a list of privileged commands that you need for Discovery and Service Mapping, see Service Mapping commands requiring a privileged user. This list includes commands that require elevated rights to discover and map Unix-based hosts in your organization.

    Classifiers, patterns, and probes

    Classifier Trigger probes Patterns
    JBoss Server
    • Horizontal Pattern: launches patterns
    • Windows - JBoss Find web.xml List*
    • Windows - JBoss Get jboss-service.xml*
    • JBoss - Find web.xml List*
    • JBoss - Get jboss-service.xml*

    JBoss pattern
    *For new instances, these probes are inactive on the classifier. Discovery uses patterns for discovery.

    To use patterns, verify that the correct pattern is specified in the horizontal pattern probe on the classifier. See Add the Horizontal Pattern probe to a classifier for instructions.

    Data collected

    Discovery populates the following fields in the JBoss [cmdb_ci_app_server_jboss] table:
    Label Field name
    Name name
    Category category
    Version version
    TCP port(s) tcp_port
    Discovery populates the following fields on the Web Service [cmdb_ci_web_service] and Web Application [cmdb_ci_web_application] servers tables:
    Label Table name Field name Source
    Name cmdb_ci_web_service name jboss-service.xml
    App server cmdb_ci_web_service app_server Internal reference
    Description cmdb_ci_web_application short_description web.xml
    Name cmdb_ci_web_application name web.xml
    Document base cmdb_ci_web_application document_base web.xml
    App server cmdb_ci_web_application app_server web.xml
    Servlet Name* cmdb_ci_web_application servlet_name web.xml
    Servlet Class* cmdb_ci_web_application servlet_class web.xml
    *Windows servers only

    Relationships

    Table 1. Relationships created
    Parent class Relationship Child class
    cmdb_ci_web_service Runs on::Runs cmdb_ci_windows_server
    cmdb_ci_app_server_jboss Contains::Contained by cmdb_ci_web_application
    cmdb_ci_app_server_jboss Runs:Runs on cmdb_ci_web_application
    cmdb_ci_app_server_jboss Runs:Runs on cmdb_ci_web_service