Understanding JMX in Alfresco

JMX knowledge is very important for any system administrator of Alfresco. The JMX technology is a standard part of the JAVA SE platform that provides a simple way to manage applications, devices, and services. Server properties can be edited and the logger can be enabled without restarting the application. There are various open source tools available in the market such as JConsole, VisualVM, JMap, and so on, which allow you to connect to the JMX interface of the application remotely. JConsole is part of the JavaVM, it is an executable file located at JDK_HOME/bin.

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Refer to https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jmx/overview/index.html for more details about JMX.

Enabling JMX and connecting to Alfresco through the JMX client

To connect to the Alfresco MBean server via the JMX client, you have to do some configuration to turn it on. MBean is a managed Java object and can represent a device, an application, or any resource that needs to be managed. Only the...