Now I need to connect that application from my local computer, but I don't know the JMX port number of the remote computer. Where can I find it? Or, must I restart that application with some VM parameters to specify the port number?
By default JMX does not publish on a port unless you specify the arguments from this page: How to activate JMX...
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote # no longer required for JDK6
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false # careful with security implications
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false # careful with security implications
If you are running you should be able to access any of those system properties to see if they have been set:
if (System.getProperty("com.sun.management.jmxremote") == null) {
System.out.println("JMX remote is disabled");
} else [
String portString = System.getProperty("com.sun.management.jmxremote.port");
if (portString != null) {
System.out.println("JMX running on port "
+ Integer.parseInt(portString));
}
}
Depending on how the server is connected, you might also have to specify the following parameter. As part of the initial JMX connection, jconsole connects up to the RMI port to determine which port the JMX server is running on. When you initially start up a JMX enabled application, it looks its own hostname to determine what address to return in that initial RMI transaction. If your hostname is not in /etc/hosts or if it is set to an incorrect interface address then you can override it with the following:
-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=<IP address>
As an aside, my SimpleJMX package allows you to define both the JMX server and the RMI port or set them both to the same port. The above port defined with com.sun.management.jmxremote.port is actually the RMI port. This tells the client what port the JMX server is running on.