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Cannot connect jmx to java app running in docker on remote host

Assuming I have a server in my local network with ip 192.168.100.10.
There is docker container running in it with java application.
Now i want to connect to this java application with VisualVM from my computer which has ip address 192.168.100.20. I thought I had everything configured properly but it still does not work.
I have passed these JVM options:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote"
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010"
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false"
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=9010"
-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=192.168.100.10"
Then I have exposed port 9010 in Dockerfile:
EXPOSE 9010
Then added this port to docker-compose:
ports:
- "9010:9010"
I am trying to connect to remote host with JConsole or VisualVM from my local machine. In "Remote Process" input in JConsole I put "192.168.100.10:9010" but connection fails with error:
"The connection to 192.168.100.10:9010 did not succeed. Would you like to try again?"
What am I doing wrong?

The solution above is sufficient and working. I've been using env variable to set port number which was not working properly.

Enable JMX in Tomcat docker container

I'm trying to enable JMX on tomcat docker image using docker-compose.yml but I'm still getting error that VisualVM cannot connect to the JMX.
tomcat:
image: tomcat:8.0-jre8
environment:
CATALINA_OPTS: -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9000 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
ports:
- "9000:9000"

JMX requires more than just a single port since RMI is also involved. Remote JMX is always a challenge with Tomcat, and using Docker basically makes this "remote" access.
Have a look at Tomcat's JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener to see the port numbers that can be set, and use that listener to set them. If you don't, the RMI server is basically free to use whatever ports it wants to use and you can't predict them.
Once you set those ports, give the port mapping to Docker and you should be good to go.

Unable to connect to remote JMX using VisualVM but OK with JConsole

I'm attempting to connect to a remote JMX service using VisualVM 1.3.8 with JRE 1.8.0. Making exactly the same connection with JConsole works perfectly, however the attempt to use the same parameters with VVM just hangs at the 'Adding services' stage. I've looked in the VVM log but there is literally nothing logged.
I also read here at the VVM remote JMX doc:
Note: To retrieve and display information on applications running on the remote host, the jstatd utility needs to be running on the remote host.
That puzzles me since I can make the remote JMX connection using JConsole and as far as I can tell, jstatd is not running on the remote.
Does anyone know if jstatd a requirement only for VVM as a remote JMX client? As the JMX connection can be made with JConsole between the same client and server endpoints, then there's no problem with network/firewall etc.
Other than that I'm really puzzled where else to look for clues?

I had the same trouble when I switched from Java 7 to 8, while using SOCKS where I was updating proxy settings through VisualVM -> Tools -> Plugins -> Settings -> Proxy Settings. However, I have been successful with the following:
Run your JVM with the following options:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=<JMX_PORT>
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
Note that you could obviously do something more secure, both w.r.t SSL and authentication.
Setup a SOCKS proxy from your localhost to the remote server:
ssh -D<SOCKS_PORT> -vvv -N <REMOTE_HOST>
Run either of these commands on your localhost:
jconsole -J-DsocksProxyHost=localhost -J-DsocksProxyPort=<SOCKS_PORT> service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://<REMOTE_HOST:JMX_PORT>/jmxrmi
jvisualvm -J-DsocksProxyHost=localhost -J-DsocksProxyPort=<SOCKS_PORT> --openjmx <REMOTE_HOST>

jprofiler jpcontroller can't connect to jvm when called with host:port

i want to profile my web application now this is what i do:
run jpenable.exe and after it finds thi jvm, it gives me a port so i can connect to it using JProfiler GUI(for instance:12121)! now as I want to have commandline control i then try to connect jpcontroller using this command:
jpcontroller.exe localhost:12121
but it cannot connect and sticks there with no error! now if i use this command:
jpcontroller.exe <port>
then it works!
but actually i can't do this as i want to connect to a remote jvm!!
am i wrong some where?

jpcontroller does not connect to the port that is opened by the profiling agent, but it uses JMX to connect to the process. For that to work on a remote computer, add the VM parameter
-Djprofiler.jmxServerPort=[port]
to the profiled process and use that port in jpcontroller. Then, an MBean server will be created that listens on that port.

Couldnt connect to JMX remote with jconsole

I developing under Spring3.1 standalone env.
I am trying to connect my application remotely via jconsole.
It's working locally but when I deploy my application into the linux machine it gets time out.
I am using Daemon in order to run my environment.
this is what I add in the run.sh script:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote \
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=6969 \
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false \
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false \
com.mypackage.daemon.FixDaemon
and inside applicationContext.xml:
<context:mbean-server />
<context:mbean-export />
now on the linux machine after doing netstat thats what we see:
[root# logs]# netstat -an | grep 6969
tcp 0 0 :::6969 :::* LISTEN
so it's seems like it does listening.
but when I add my ip:6969 inside the jconsole interface I get connection failed popup.
any idea what am I doing wrong?
thanks,
ray.

First try to add also this option to your application:
-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=<ip>
Also keep in mind jconsole is using RMI for the communication. This means jconsole first connects to ip:6969. Then server generates a random port X which is passed back to the jconsole. Jconsole then opens another connection to ip:X. Since X is random, there is no way you can open this specific port in the firewall. You have either to open all ports or use a socks proxy which is another subject.

Try connecting to that port using telnet from your machine. If this does not succeed it usually is because of a firewall dropping packets. You will have to talk to your network administrator to open up that port.
Note: You will have to open up two ports. One for binding the RMIRegistry and another one to export the RMI objects. RMI usually exports objects on random high ports. But this will not work in a firewall-ed environment hence you would have to configure the port on which it is exported. This is done by using a RMI URL.
If you are running this on Linux then do a hostname -i, if it returns 127.0.0.1 then fix /etc/hosts. The FAQ entry for JConsole has more information on this.
Another option I would strongly suggest is to look at Jolokia which does not involve changing the firewall configuration but still provides the JMX goodies over HTTP.