eclipse-jmx is able to manage remotely any Java applications running on Java 1.5. using the standard RMI connector for JMX.

Remote monitoring & management

Since version 1.5, it is quite straightforward to enable remote monitoring & management on any Java application by setting the adequate system properties.

Security Limitations

One limitation of eclipse-jmx is that it does not support SSL Security.

This lets 2 options to connect to a remote Java application:

• disabling security -- not secure at all but handy for development and prototyping
• using password authentication -- using password-based authentication to authenticate and control remote access to the MBeanServer