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.TH "JCONSOLE" "1" "2018" "JDK 13" "JDK Commands"

.hy

.SH NAME

.PP

jconsole \- start a graphical console to monitor and manage Java

applications

.SH SYNOPSIS

.PP

\f[CB]jconsole\f[R] [\f[CB]\-interval=\f[R]\f[I]n\f[R]] [\f[CB]\-notile\f[R]]

[\f[CB]\-plugin\f[R] \f[I]path\f[R]] [\f[CB]\-version\f[R]]

[\f[I]connection\f[R] ...

] [\f[CB]\-J\f[R]\f[I]input_arguments\f[R]]

.PP

\f[CB]jconsole\f[R] \f[CB]\-help\f[R]

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-interval\f[R]

Sets the update interval to \f[CB]n\f[R] seconds (default is 4 seconds).

.RS

.RE

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-notile\f[R]

Doesn\[aq]t tile the windows for two or more connections.

.RS

.RE

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-pluginpath\f[R] \f[I]path\f[R]

Specifies the path that \f[CB]jconsole\f[R] uses to look up plug\-ins.

The plug\-in \f[I]path\f[R] should contain a provider\-configuration file

named \f[CB]META\-INF/services/com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin\f[R]

that contains one line for each plug\-in.

The line specifies the fully qualified class name of the class

implementing the \f[CB]com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin\f[R] class.

.RS

.RE

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-version\f[R]

Prints the program version.

.RS

.RE

.TP

.B \f[I]connection\f[R] = \f[I]pid\f[R] | \f[I]host\f[R]\f[CB]:\f[R]\f[I]port\f[R] | \f[I]jmxURL\f[R]

A connection is described by either \f[I]pid\f[R],

\f[I]host\f[R]\f[CB]:\f[R]\f[I]port\f[R] or \f[I]jmxURL\f[R].

.RS

.IP \[bu] 2

The \f[I]pid\f[R] value is the process ID of a target process.

The JVM must be running with the same user ID as the user ID running the

\f[CB]jconsole\f[R] command.

.IP \[bu] 2

The \f[I]host\f[R]\f[CB]:\f[R]\f[I]port\f[R] values are the name of the host

system on which the JVM is running, and the port number specified by the

system property \f[CB]com.sun.management.jmxremote.port\f[R] when the JVM

was started.

.IP \[bu] 2

The \f[I]jmxUrl\f[R] value is the address of the JMX agent to be

connected to as described in JMXServiceURL.

.RE

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-J\f[R]\f[I]input_arguments\f[R]

Passes \f[I]input_arguments\f[R] to the JVM on which the

\f[CB]jconsole\f[R] command is run.

.RS

.RE

.TP

.B \f[CB]\-help\f[R] or \f[CB]\-\-help\f[R]

Displays the help message for the command.

.RS

.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

The \f[CB]jconsole\f[R] command starts a graphical console tool that lets

you monitor and manage Java applications and virtual machines on a local

or remote machine.

.PP

On Windows, the \f[CB]jconsole\f[R] command doesn\[aq]t associate with a

console window.

It does, however, display a dialog box with error information when the

\f[CB]jconsole\f[R] command fails.