jmx/jconsole shell function

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# jmx/jconsole tunneling shell function - add to .profile
# 
# usage: jmx [keypair] [remote host] [remote port]
# example: jmx /keys/keypair.pem [email protected] 8080

function jmx() {
    keypair=$1
    remote_host=$2
    remote_port=$3
    proxy_port=10999
    ssh -i $keypair -f -D$proxy_port $remote_host 'while true; do sleep 1; done'
    ssh_pid=`ps ax | grep "ssh -i $keypair -f -D$proxy_port $remote_host" | awk '{print $1}'`
    jconsole -J-DsocksProxyHost=localhost -J-DsocksProxyPort=$proxy_port service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://0.0.0.0:$remote_port/jmxrmi
    kill $ssh_pid
}