How to enable remote JMX access

jmx-parameters-example.txt

java -jar yourApp.jar [JVM_OPTIONS]

For local host access only JVM_OPTIONS are:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=127.0.0.1
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false

For full remote access JVM_OPTIONS are:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false

Prefer IPv4 over IPv6:
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

Example:
java -jar MyJar.jar -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=127.0.0.1 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

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

may need to set "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port" as well on remote access, as RMI opens an arbitrary port unless its set (which doesn't play nice with firewall). you can set it to the same port.

For remote connections you might also wanna setup the " -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=xxxxx", otherwise, it'll use the machines primary IP, which doesn't work over a tunnelled or NATed connection. Full details at: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/rmi/javarmiproperties.html

For remote connections you might also wanna setup the " -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=xxxxx"

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Do we need to set the below property when using Java 8 ?
Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true

As per the below thread, it seems, this is ineffective
https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Middleware/1641501_1.html

I've explained this in detail: Remote monitoring with visualvm and JMX