JBoss JMX Frequently Asked Questions

Dependencies

• HowCanAnMBeanDependOnASessionBean?

• HowCanAnMBeanDependOnADatasource?

• How can I control the lifecycle of my MBean using JMX Notifications?

• How can I delay the starting of my MBean until after the Tomcat connectors are active?

• How do I know the server is started?

• MyDependencyDoesntWork?

JMX-Console

• WhatIsAMinimumConfigurationToRunTheJmxConsole?

• How can I get a thread dump/stack trace through the jmx-console?

• HowCanIDisplayTheThreadCPUUtilization?

• HowCanIDisplayTheMemoryPoolUsage?

JDK5-JConsole

• How do I use JConsole with jboss?

• How do I display the jboss MBeans in JConsole?

Local and Remote Invocations

• HowCanAnEJBCallAnMBean?

• HowCanAnMBeanCallAnotherMBean?

• HowDoIGetRemoteAccessToMyMBean?

• How can I create a remote type-safe proxy to my MBean?

• HowDoIPassCorrectlyPrimitiveValuesWhenInvokingOperations?

• WhichRemoteInterfaceShouldIUseForTheMBeanServer?

• HowDoIAddANotificationListenerToARemoteMBeanServer?

• HowDoISecureTheJMXConnection?

• WhatIsAMinimumConfigurationToEnableRemoteAccess?

• How do I use the JSR-77 MEJB

Loading/Lifecycle

• HowCanIRegisterToTheServerAnMBeanCreatedOnTheClient?

• HowCanIDynamicallyLoadClassesWithinAnMBean?

Misc

• How can I contribute my cool MBean service?

Notifications

• How can I configure a Timer to emit periodically notifications?

• What notifications are emitted by JBoss MBeans?

• HowCanNonMBeansReceiveJMXNotifications?

SNMP

• How can I convert JMX Notifications to SNMP traps?

Writing MBeans

• HowCanIGetAReferenceToTheMBeanServer?

• How can I extend JBoss with my own MBean Services?

• Where can I find a simple MBean Service example?

• Where can I find a simple Notification Listener example?

XMBeans

• HowDoIXMBeanIzeAnExistingStandardMBean?

• HowCanIInitializeXMBeanAttributes?

• HowCanIAddAnInterceptorToAnXMBean?

• How do I dynamically add an interceptor to an XMBean?

• Persistence

• WhyMyPersistentMBeanDoesNotPersistAttributeValueChanges?

• Where can I find details about the new XMBean Persistence Service and the XMLAttributePersistenceManager backend available from v3.2.6+?

• WhyMyPersistentMBeanFailsToRedeployOnJBossV4.0.2?