From host.xml: <domain-controller> <local/> <!-- Alternative remote domain controller configuration with a host and port --> <!-- <remote host="${jboss.domain.master.address}" port="${jboss.domain.master.port:9999}" security-realm="Manage mentRealm"/> --> </domain-controller> From usage of domain.sh: --master-address=<address> Set system property jboss.domain.master.address to the given value. In a default slave Host Controller config, this is used to configure the address of the master Host Controller. --master-port=<port> Set system property jboss.domain.master.port to the given value. In a default slave Host Controller config, this is used to configure the port used for native management communication by the master Host Controller. In HostConfiguration.getHostPort(), while parsing the domain controller command line, we check for the --master-address option, but not for the --master-port option.
Fixed in master: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=commitdiff;h=349caa7
Bulk closing of items that are on_qa and in old RHQ releases, which are out for a long time and where the issue has not been re-opened since.