The document discusses JMXTrans, a tool for using Java Management Extensions to communicate remotely with Java virtual machines and gather statistics from various services. It highlights its capabilities for performance and scalability, allowing integration with multiple systems and ease of configuration. Future developments include a GUI editor and additional output writers for enhanced functionality.

1. JMXTRANS
http://jmxtrans.googlecode.com/
Jon Stevens
latchkey@gmail.com

2. WHO IS THIS JON GUY?
• Platform Architect @ MarinSoftware.com
• 15+ years coding
• Apache Member & Co-Founded Jakarta Apache
• Created / contributed - many open source projects
• Cyclist, Motorcyclist, Rock Climber, Chickens

3. WHAT IS JMX?
• Java Management Extensions
• Enables
remote communication directly with a Java Virtual
Machine
• Many services have made statistics available
• Easy to work with
• Generally doesn’t affect JVM performance

4. jconsole

5. WHY?
• Required start / stop of JVM
• Difficult to configure (write perl to talk to java?)
• Commercial products
• All encompassing solutions

6. JMX TRANSFORMER ENGINE
Integration with Graphite, Ganglia, RRD, Files, You Name It

7. • Java process running on a server
• Talk to 1000’s of servers
• Output data to multiple systems

8. • Built
for performance and scalability
(multithreaded)
• Poolssocket connections on both the JMX input
side and the output side
• Runs as a Java application server
• Easy to install - debian, rpm (soon), .zip
• Easy to configure (json formatted files)
• Source code is documented, easy to read

15. FUTURE?
• GUI editor for JSON files
• More OutputWriters (OpenTSDB, Zabbix, Zenoss)
• jmxtrans monitoring itself
• Ideas?

16. MARIN SOFTWARE