ERROR [org.jboss.as.server] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYSRV0055: Caught exception during boot: org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.ConfigurationPersistenceException: WFLYCTL0085: Failed to parse configuration
at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:131)
at org.jboss.as.server.ServerService.boot(ServerService.java:357)
at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:299)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:131)
at org.jboss.as.server.ServerService.boot(ServerService.java:357)
at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:299)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxParsingException: Received non-all-whitespace CHARACTERS or CDATA event in nextTag().
原先是通过配置文件来添加mysql数据源的,导致jboss无法正常启动。修正方法为:先还原配置文件到最初配置,这时可以启动wildfly,启动后打开localhost:8080进入控制台管理页面,然后通过控制台来配置mysql数据源(具体参考这里)。