javajbossjmxmbeans

Accessing a remote MBean server

I am running a client/server application using JBoss.

How can I connect to the server JVM's MBeanServer? I want to use the MemoryMX MBean to track the memory consumption.

I can connect to the JBoss MBeanServer using JNDI lookup but the java.lang.MemoryMX MBean is not registered with the JBoss MBeanServer.

EDIT: The requirement is for programmatic access to the memory usage from the client.

Solution

  • Unlike the JBoss server's MBeanServer, the JVM's MBean server doesn't allow remote monitoring by default. You need to set various system properties to allow that:

    http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html