Hi, I made a similar query in storm-user google group. Please find the discussion at:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/storm-user/Can$20we$20submit$20the$20topology$20jar$20without$20using$20storm$20command/storm-user/5JjZQyviRqk/TGRCgciHKWwJ Hope this helps, Richards Peter.
