How to enable remote JMX access

jmx-parameters-example.txt

java -jar yourApp.jar [JVM_OPTIONS]

For local host access only JVM_OPTIONS are:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=127.0.0.1
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false

For full remote access JVM_OPTIONS are:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false

Prefer IPv4 over IPv6:
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

Example:
java -jar MyJar.jar -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9010 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=127.0.0.1 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

More:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html

For remote connections you might also wanna setup the " -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=xxxxx"

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Do we need to set the below property when using Java 8 ?
Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true

As per the below thread, it seems, this is ineffective
https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Middleware/1641501_1.html

I've explained this in detail: Remote monitoring with visualvm and JMX