In this recipe, we will learn how to backup our configuration via the CLI. Essentially, the CLI backs up the standalone.xml file by copying it into the snapshot.
Start up your WildFly so that we can directly connect to it via the CLI, as follows:
$ cd ~/WFC/wildfly $ ./bin/standalone.sh
The command itself is pretty easy:
$ ./bin/jboss-cli.sh --connect
[standalone@localhost:9990 /] :take-snapshot
{
"outcome" => "success",
"result" => "/home/luigi/WFC/wildfly/standalone/configuration/standalone_xml_history/snapshot/20150301-165737562standalone.xml"
}That's it! A backup of the standalone.xml file gets copied into the snapshot folder, named by prefixing the file with the current date and time.