Apache Geronimo provides several tools for administering the server. These tools are available via command line and some via a Web based console. The Web based Geronimo console is explained in detail in the following section Introducing Geronimo Administration Console. The currently available command line tools are located in the <GERONIMO_HOME>/bin directory and are enumerated in the following list:

• client — The client script launches the client application container
• cxf-tools — The cxf-tools script is used to generate Web services
• deploy
• geronimo — The geronimo script lets you perform two actions, that is start and stop the server in different modes depending on the parameters you specify
• gogo commands for Geronimo — The gogo commands for Geronimo is an extension of Apache karaf Shell http://karaf.apache.org/ to interact with Geronimo kernel.
• jaxws-tools — The jaxws-tools script can be used to generate portable artifacts used in JAX-WS web services
• shutdown — The shutdown script stops the Apache Geronimo server
• start-server — The start-server script for Geronimo that starts Geronimo in the foreground.
• startup — The startup script starts the Apache Geronimo server in the background.
• System Properties

Although the tools name is self-explanatory, it may not be the same case with the tool's parameters. The following sections explain more in detail these tools and commands usage.