Use a wildfly-core patched with WFCORE-4830 . One available can be found here: https://github.com/yersan/wildfly-core/tree/WFCORE-4830-WFCORE-4764 Build WildFly with the patched wildfly-core version $WFLY_HOME/bin/add-user.sh -u admin -p admin Start the default domain: $WFLY_HOME/bin/domain.sh Open the Web Console, navigate to runtime -> hosts -> master Restart the master host. 'Restart master' dialog is shown asking for confirmation, click on Yes. The DC is restarted and the dialog waits until the http management interface is up. Once the connection is up, the dialog disappears, however, the servers and host status remain as they were before. They look as fully started but when the console is connected the DC is still starting and its servers too. I would expect to see the current host and servers status as soon as the "Restart Master" dialog disappears, but they appear as already started. Clicking on the host refresh button, the server's status is refreshed and they appear correctly as starting.