I would like to create a Java APP that could register instances of a service and start/stop them. I don’t want a GUI to be launched with the service, but a manager that can run separately to it and interact with the status of the server
Any pointers at where to start?
Use jcraft to SSH into your local host and call commands. If you do it this way it will take two hours to write. http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/
Also take a look at:
In Java, send commands to another command-line program