If you want to connect to a remote JBoss WildFly/EAP instance without installing the server on your local machine, you can use the CLI remote client jar.  It is called jboss-cli-client.jar and it is located in <JBOSS_HOME>/bin/client.

The jboss-cli-client jar can be used to remotely manage a JBoss WildFly/EAP instance with CLI or jconsole.  Copy jboss-cli-client.jar to your client machine.

The jboss-cli-client jar connects to most older versions of the server.  So it's a good way to get the benefit of the latest CLI fetures without upgrading to the latest version of the server.

To Run CLI using jboss-cli-client.jar

java -jar <PATH TO jboss-cli-client.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.

For help on using the --controller option, see CLI Connections - Address Handling.  This document is especially helpful if you need to connect to pre-WildFly versions such as AS7 or EAP6.

To Run jconsole using jboss-cli-client.jar

jconsole -J-Djava.class.path=<PATH TO jconsole.jar>;<PATH TO tools.jar>;<PATH TO jboss-cli-client.jar>

Path to jconsole.jar and tools.jar is typically <JAVA_HOME>/lib/jconsole.jar and <JAVA_HOME>/lib/tools.jar.

Getting the jboss-cli-client.jar from Maven

If you don't have a WildFly/EAP installation handy, you can also get the client jar directly from Maven.  The repository is at https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/index.html.  You should exclude all dependencies.  Everything you need is in a single jar.

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.wildfly.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>wildfly-cli</artifactId>
            <classifier>client</classifier>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                    <groupId>*</groupId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

This url will search for the latest versions:

https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/index.html#nexus-search;gav~org.wildfly.core~wildfly-cli~~~client

Note: The above search is unable to sort.  Be sure to scroll down to find the latest.  As of this writing, the latest version is 1.0.0.Alpha15