How to enable jmx-agent to monitor a java process from remote machine:

A quick tip on how to enable jmx-agent to monitor a java process from remote machine:

Add following system property in the java process while starting it: “-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=<port number>”

We can add security features as well to it: 

For example, (run com.example.MyApp with jmx-agent enabled) 

% java -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=3000

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=password.properties

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file=access.properties

-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=keystore

-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=password

com.example.MyApp

Reference: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html