To shutdown the server, you simply issue a Ctrl-C sequence in the console in which JBoss was started. Alternatively, you can use the shutdown.sh command.

[bin]$ ./shutdown.sh -S

The shutdown script supports the following options:

A JMX client to shutdown (exit or halt) a remote JBoss server.

usage: shutdown [options] <operation>

options:
-h, --help                Show this help message (default)
-D<name>[=<value>]        Set a system property
--                        Stop processing options
-s, --server=<url>        Specify the JNDI URL of the remote server
-n, --serverName=<url>    Specify the JMX name of the ServerImpl
-a, --adapter=<name>      Specify JNDI name of the MBeanServerConnection to use
-u, --user=<name>         Specify the username for authentication
-p, --password=<name>     Specify the password for authentication

operations:
-S, --shutdown            Shutdown the server
-e, --exit=<code>         Force the VM to exit with a status code
-H, --halt=<code>         Force the VM to halt with a status code

Using the shutdown command requires a server configuration that contains the jmx-invoker-service.xml service. Hence you cannot use the shutdown command with the minimal configuration.