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Connecting JConsole to a Java process: the missing -D option

Once in a while I tend to use JConsole for basic profiling of a Java process.

Somehow I always forget which flag I need to set to enable remote connections to a process. And yes, I know the option is hidden somewhere on page 3 of the documentation…

You need to add the following in the VM arguments:

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote

After which you can just connect JConcole to the pid of the process you’re interested in.

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