/cjmx

Command line JMX library

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cjmx

cjmx is a command line JMX client intended to be used when graphical tools (e.g., JConsole, VisualVM) are unavailable. Additionally, cjmx intends to be useful in scripting environments.

Getting cjmx

cjmx is available on Maven Central using groupId com.gihub.cjmx and artifactId cjmx_2.10 or cjmx_2.11. An executable JAR is published using the app classifier.

Note: Both a regular and an application JAR (with embedded dependencies and minimized) are published on Maven Central.

Building

To build, run ./sbt publish-local. This will build target/scala-2.10/proguard/cjmx_2.10-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar and install a copy to your local ivy cache.

Usage

Launching cjmx is done via:

java -cp $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:target/scala-2.10/proguard/cjmx_2.10-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar cjmx.Main [PID]

Or, if tools.jar is on the classpath already (e.g., Apple JVM):

java -jar path/to/cjmx.jar [PID]

If a PID is specified on the command line, cjmx will attempt to connect to the local JVM with that PID; otherwise, cjmx starts in a disconnected state.

Once cjmx starts, a prompt will appear. Cjmx makes heavy use of tab completion, enabling exploration of the MBean tree. For example:

java -jar path/to/cjmx.jar 1234
> <TAB>
disconnect   exit         describe      names        select
> names 'java.<TAB>
java.lang:           java.util.logging:
> describe -d 'java.lang:type=
*                  <value>            ClassLoading       Compilation
GarbageCollector   Memory             MemoryManager      MemoryPool
OperatingSystem    Runtime            Threading
> names 'java.lang:type=*'
java.lang:type=ClassLoading
java.lang:type=Compilation
java.lang:type=Memory
java.lang:type=OperatingSystem
java.lang:type=Runtime
java.lang:type=Threading
> describe -d 'java.lang:type=Memory'
Object name: java.lang:type=Memory
----------------------------------
Description: Information on the management interface of the MBean

Attributes:
  Verbose: boolean
    Description: Verbose
  ObjectPendingFinalizationCount: int
    Description: ObjectPendingFinalizationCount
  HeapMemoryUsage: CompositeData
    Description: HeapMemoryUsage
  NonHeapMemoryUsage: CompositeData
    Description: NonHeapMemoryUsage

Operations:
  gc(): void
    Description: gc

Notifications:
  javax.management.Notification
    Description: MEMORY NOTIFICATION
    Notification types:
      java.management.memory.threshold.exceeded
      java.management.memory.collection.threshold.exceeded

> mbeans 'java.lang:type=Memory' select *
java.lang:type=Memory
---------------------
  Verbose: false
  ObjectPendingFinalizationCount: 0
  HeapMemoryUsage:
    committed: 110432256
    init: 0
    max: 2130051072
    used: 63307880
  NonHeapMemoryUsage:
    committed: 140849152
    init: 24317952
    max: 318767104
    used: 121815008

Alternatively, cjmx can run a series of commands and then terminate. This is done by specifying each command as a program argument. For example:

java -jar path/to/cjmx.jar 1234 "describe 'java.lang:type=Memory'" "mbeans 'java.lang:type=Memory' select *"
Object name: java.lang:type=Memory
----------------------------------
Description: Information on the management interface of the MBean

Attributes:
  Verbose: boolean
  ObjectPendingFinalizationCount: int
  HeapMemoryUsage: CompositeData
  NonHeapMemoryUsage: CompositeData

Operations:
  gc(): void

Notifications:
  javax.management.Notification

java.lang:type=Memory
---------------------
  Verbose: false
  ObjectPendingFinalizationCount: 0
  HeapMemoryUsage:
    committed: 110432256
    init: 0
    max: 2130051072
    used: 76943832
  NonHeapMemoryUsage:
    committed: 140980224
    init: 24317952
    max: 318767104
    used: 122049448

All commands have help information available by typing "help" in the console.

Remote Connections

cjmx supports connecting to remote JMX agents. A simple insecure way of running the remote process is:

java -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=7091 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false MainClass

With this process running on host 'server', you can connect via cjmx using the 'remote-connect' command:

cjmx remote-connect server:7091

Once connected, cjmx supports all the same behaviors as with a local connection.

For a more secure connection, it is recommended you run with SSL and/or with username authentication. Usernames can be specified as the optional second paramter of the 'remote-connect' command:

cjmx remote-connect server:7091 admin

cjmx will then prompt for the password. To use SSL, you must run cjmx with the appropriate javax.net.ssl flags.

For more details on configuring JMX agents, see: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html