Configuring Qpid JMX Management Console
Configuring Qpid JMX Management Console
Qpid has a JMX management interface that exposes a number of
components of the running broker.
You can find out more about the features exposed by the JMX
interfaces .
Installing the Qpid JMX Management Console
Unzip the archive to a suitable location.
SSL encrypted connections
Recent versions of the broker can make use of SSL to
encrypt their RMI based JMX connections. If a broker
being connected to is making use of this ability then
additional console configuration may be required,
particularly when using self-signed certificates. See
for details.
JMXMP based connections
In previous releases of Qpid (M4 and below) the broker
JMX connections could make use of the JMXMPConnector for
additional security over its default RMI based JMX
configuration. This is no longer the case, with SSL
encrypted RMI being the favored approach going forward.
However, if you wish to connect to an older broker using
JMXMP the console will support this so long as the
jmxremote_optional.jar file is provided to it.
For details see .
Running the Qpid JMX Management Console
The console can be started in the following way, depending on
platform:
Windows: by running the 'qpidmc.exe' executable file.
Linux: by running the 'qpidmc' executable.
Mac OS X: by launching the consoles application bundle (.app
file).
Using the Qpid JMX Management Console
Please see for details on using this Eclipse RCP
application.
Using
HermesJMS
HermesJMS also offers integration with the Qpid management
interfaces. You can get instructions and more information from
HermesJMS.
Using
MC4J
MC4J is an alternative
management tool. It provide a richer "dashboard" that can
customise the raw MBeans.
Installation
First download and install MC4J for your platform. Version
1.2 beta 9 is the latest version that has been tested.
Copy the directory blaze/java/management/mc4j into
the directory <MC4J-Installation>/dashboards
Configuration
You should create a connection the JVM to be managed. Using the
Management->Create Server Connection menu option. The
connection URL should be of the form:
service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:8999/jmxrmi
making the appropriate host and post changes.
Operation
You can view tabular summaries of the queues, exchanges and
connections using the Global Dashboards->QPID tree view. To
drill down on individual beans you can right click on the bean.
This will show any available graphs too.