I've deployed some Managed Beans on WebSphere 6.1 and I've managed to invoke them through a standalone client, but when I try to use the application "jconsole" distributed with the standard JDK can can't make it works.
Has anyone achieved to connect the jconsole with WAS 6.1?
IBM WebSphere 6.1 it's supossed to support JSR 160 JavaTM Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API. Furthermore, it uses the MX4J implementation (http://mx4j.sourceforge.net). But I can't make it works with neither "jconsole" nor "MC4J".
I have the Classpath and the JAVA_HOME correctly setted, so the issue it's not there.
WebSphere's support for JMX is crap. Particularly, if you need to connect to any secured JMX beans. Here's an interesting tidbit, their own implementation of jConsole will not connect to their own JVM. I have had a PMR open with IBM for over a year to fix this issue, and have gotten nothing but the runaround. They clearly don't want to fix this issue.
The only way I have been able to invoke remote secured JMX beans hosted on WebSphere has been to implement a client using the "WebSphere application client". This is basically a stripped down app server used for stuff like this.
Open a PMR with IBM. Perhaps if more people report this issue, they will actually fix it.
Update: You can run your application as a WebSphere Application Client in RAD. Open the run menu, then choose "Run...". In the dialog that opens, towards the bottom on the left hand side, you will see "WebSphere v6.1 Application Client". I'm not sure how to start and Application Client outside of RAD.
IT WORKS !
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4534;jsessionid=FB20DD5973F01DD2D470FB9A1B45D209?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aall-tabpanel
1) Change the config.xml and start the server.
-see here how to change config.xml: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/wasce/V2.1.0/en/working-with-jconsole.html
2) start the jconsole with : jconsole -J-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=%GERONIMO_HOME%\var\security\keystores\geronimo-default -J-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=secret -J-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=%GERONIMO_HOME%\var\security\keystores\geronimo-default -J-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=secret -J-Djava.class.path=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\jconsole.jar;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%GERONIMO_HOME%\repository\org\apache\geronimo\framework\geronimo-kernel\2.1.4\geronimo-kernel-2.1.4.jar
[or your version of geronimo-kernel jar]
3) in the jconsole interface->advanced, input:
JMX URL: service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/JMXSecureConnector
user name: system
password: manager
4) click the connect button.
If you want the WebSphere MBeans this one works for me:
The key is to configure the classpath and the security properly.
in one line:
jconsole -J-Dwas.install.root=C:/was61 -J-Djava.ext.dirs=C:/was61/plugins;C:/was61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.security.crypto_6.1.0;C:/was61/lib;C:/was61/java/jre/lib/ext -J-Dcom.ibm.SSL.ConfigURL="file:../../properties/ssl.client.props" -J-Dcom.ibm.CORBA.ConfigURL="file:../../properties/sas.client.props" service:jmx:iiop://host:port/jndi/JMXConnector
where port = bootstrap port ex: (2809)
Be careful when setting the sas and the ssl props.
Robert
I have successfully connected to ActiveMQ and ServiceMix using the JConsole. Does WAS 6.1 use Java Management Extension (JMX) technology? JMX is required for JConsole.
If your path is set correctly it should work fine. On windows you go to System Properties -> Advanced Tab -> Environment Variables. Have your JAVA_HOME System variable set to the path of your JDK or JRE and your Path variable with %JAVA_HOME%/bin added somewhere in there. Then all you need to do is go to Start->Run->JConsole. Select the correct Process Name and your done.
Where are you having problems at? I hope this helps.
Edit:
Here is the Java Doc's on JConsole.
Hmm... I know that WebSphere is kind of hard to configure. Thats part of the reason we used ServiceMix for our ESB. Maybe its not enabled by default in WebSphere and you would have to turn it on in the config somewhere.
Websphere 6.1 does not support the JConsole for some reason even though it fully implements the JMS specs. Seems to be a week area at the moment. Your best bet is to look at the Admin client to implement you own console.
You all seem to be incorrect. I am running Websphere 6.1.041 , using JDK 1.5 , and I just started up Jconsole and used the "simple connect" tab to connect to localhost with port=0 and without a username and password and it works fine.
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This is my situation:
Eclipse ide that i use to develop java web apps.
Tomcat from apache.
Tomcat stack from bitnami.
OS Windows 8
If i deploy and debug to the apache tomcat all work without problem.
If i try the same thing with the bitnami stack, i see the exact same output from the console, like it is starting well, but actually it doesn't and it gets to the timeout saying it was unable to start withing 45 seconds.
I tried to increase the timeout but that's not the problem.
In both cases the Server Location is set to Use Tomcat installation, and i added my project to the source, everything else in the server config is default.
I'm not an expert of tomcat and java webapp deploying, and i need to get it working with the bitnami stack.
Any hint will be appreciated.
Ok i solved it, seems more a problem from eclipse.
In the server configuration i noticed the HTTP port was not listed and it was commented in server.xml
Could this be because the bitnami stack uses port 80 instead of 8080?
Anyway setting the port 80 in server.xml solved the problem.
I'm using RAD 9.0 and trying to configure Queue connection factories in WebSphere Application Server 8.5. I have IBM MQ 7.0 (32-bit) installed on the same machine (Win7 64-bit).
After configuring Queue connection factories when I click on Test Connection it give an error :
A connection could not be made to WebSphere MQ for the following reason: CC=2;RC=2495;AMQ8568: The native JNI library 'mqjbnd' was not found. For a client installation this is expected. [3=mqjbnd]
Native library path (under JMS>WebSphere MQ messeging provider) is set to C:/Program Files (x86)/IBM/WebSphere MQ\java\lib.
I also tried to set it to C:/Program Files (x86)/IBM/WebSphere MQ\java\lib64 but still I'm getting the same error.
Also is it necessary to configure Queue Connection Factory for configuring Listener Port for MDB?
The error message means you have configured the connection factory to have a transport type of Bindings and so the WMQ Resource Adapter within WAS needs to load the native libraries located in the MQ installation (note the MQ client installation does not come with these libraries).
Assuming you want to connect in Bindings mode AND you have a full local MQ Server installation on the same box as the WAS server then you will need to configure the 'Native Library Path' on the WebSphere MQ messaging provider panel in WAS (Resources > JMS > JMS Providers). You should alter the provider that is at the same scope as the defined queue connection factory.
The MQ_INSTALL_ROOT property is an old property used in WAS 6.0 and WAS 6.1 and is only intended to be used for migration reasons in WAS 7 and onwards.
Note: If you have an ND environment then the 'Test Connection' operation could potentially run on the dMgr process rather than the server. If your dMgr is on a different host then the libraries will not be found. In this case you should ensure that the application server is running before selecting the 'Test Connection' button.
WAS uses environment variable MQ_INSTALL_ROOT to point to (embedded) WebSphereMQ Client (Environment->WebSphere Variables). Default value is ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/WMQ. I think you don't need a separate installation of WebSphereMQ client - it comes with WAS (I'm working with WAS8, but I guess they did not change it in 8.5).
As for your question, it might be the issue with the path: it uses spaces. Try to install WebSphereMQ client libs in a directory without spaces (e.g. C:\IBM\WMQClient). But I think you do not need it, check directory ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/WMQ - it should be there.
And about Activation Specification - you don't need Queue Connection Factory, you need only queue definition where Activation Specification will connect to.
The page of migration to "tomcat 8" says (http://tomcat.apache.org/migration-8.html):
"When starting Tomcat with the jpda option to enable remote debugging, Tomcat 8 listens on localhost:8000 by default. Earlier versions listened on *:8000"
1.what is the actual different between those configuration?
Thanks,
Eyal
I have filed that issue to change that to Tomcat 8. For a very good reason: If you provide *:8080, everyone who is on your network is able to hook into your VM and debug and maybe disclose sensitive data, moreover periodical Nessus scan in my company and others report that as a vulnerability. All you need to do is set the environment variable JPDA_ADDRESS to IP:PORT, ideally in your setenv.sh.
I have a Tomcat installation where I suspect the thread pool may be decreasing over time due to threads not being properly released. I get an error in catalina.out when maxthreads is reached, but I would like to log the number of threads in use to a file every five minutes so I can verify this hypothesis. Would anyone please be able to advise how this can be be done?
Also in this installation there is no Tomcat manager, it appears whoever did the original installation deleted the manager webapp for some reason. I'm not sure if manager would be able to do the above or if I can reinstall it without damaging the existing installation? All I really want to do is keep track of the thread pool.
Also, I noticed that maxthreads for Tomcat is 200, but the max number of concurrent connections for Apache is lower (Apache is using mod_proxy and mod_proxy_ajp (AJP 1.3) to feed Tomcat). That seems wrong too, what is the correct relationship between these numbers?
Any help much appreciated :D
Update: Just a quick update to say the direct JMX access worked. However I also had to set Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host. I set it to localhost and it worked, however without it no dice. If anyone else has a similar problem trying to enable JMX I recommend you set this value also, even if you are connecting from the local machine. Seems it is required with some versions of Tomcat.
Just a quick update to say the direct JMX access worked. However I also had to set Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host. I set it to localhost and it worked, however without it no dice. If anyone else has a similar problem trying to enable JMX I recommend you set this value also, even if you are connecting from the local machine. Seems it is required with some versions of Tomcat.
Direct JMX access
Try adding this to catalina.sh/bat:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5005
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
UPDATE: Alex P suggest that the following settings might also be required in some situations:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=localhost
This enables remote anonymous JMX connections on port 5005. You may also consider JVisualVM which is much more please and allows to browse JMX via plugin.
What you are looking for is Catalina -> ThreadPool -> http-bio-8080 -> various interesting metrics.
JMX proxy servlet
Easier method might be to use Tomcat's JMX proxy servlet under: http://localhost:8080/manager/jmxproxy. For instance try this query:
$ curl --user tomcat:tomcat http://localhost:8080/manager/jmxproxy?qry=Catalina:name=%22http-bio-8080%22,type=ThreadPool
A little bit of grepping and scripting and you can easily and remotely monitor your application. Note that tomcat:tomcat is the username/password of user having manager-jmx role in conf/tomcat-users.xml.
You can deploy jolokia.war and then retrieve mbeans values in JSON (without the manager):
http://localhost:8080/jolokia/read/Catalina:name=*,type=ThreadPool?ignoreErrors=true
If you want only some values (currentThreadsBusy, maxThreads, currentThreadCount, connectionCount):
http://localhost:8080/jolokia/read/Catalina:name=*,type=ThreadPool/currentThreadsBusy,maxThreads,currentThreadCount,connectionCount?ignoreErrors=true
{
request: {
mbean: "Catalina:name="http-nio-8080",type=ThreadPool",
attribute: [
"currentThreadsBusy",
"maxThreads",
"currentThreadCount",
"connectionCount"
],
type: "read"
},
value: {
currentThreadsBusy: 1,
connectionCount: 4,
currentThreadCount: 10,
maxThreads: 200
},
timestamp: 1490396960,
status: 200
}
Note: This example works on Tomcat7 +.
For a more enterprise solution. I have been using New Relic in our production environment.
This provides a graph of the changes to the threadpool over time.
There are cheaper tools out meanwhile: I am using this jar here: https://docs.cyclopsgroup.org/jmxterm
You can automate it via shell/batch scripts. I regexed the output and let prometheus poll it for displaying it in grafana.
i am trying to access MQ queues using JMS. i am getting the below
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no mqjbnd05 in java.library.path
i am passing
-Djava.library.path="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\java\lib"
as the VM argument while running the program in eclipse. This issue is discussed quite a lot on the net but with out any conclusion. Has anyone resolved this? TIA.
As I had to deal with this error myself; and it took me a lot of time to find the right answer, I'd like to share it with the next one, who comes along this thread...
Actually the solution to the problem was very simple (at least in my case). It was not related to any CLASSPATH, java.library.path or installation issues.
I simply forgot to switch the MQConnectionFactory into the Client mode.
This has to be done, by simply calling
cf.setTransportType(WMQConstants.WMQ_CM_CLIENT);
or
cf.setTransportType(WMQConstants.WMQ_CM_BINDINGS_THEN_CLIENT);
or any other connection type, that fits your needs.
By default, the ConnectionFactory is in "Binding" mode (WMQ_CM_BINDINGS), which is intended for local server installations, as it is is stated in the IBM Documentation:
To connect to a queue manager in bindings mode, a WebSphere MQ classes for JMS application must run on the same system on which the queue manager is running.
This transport type is the same as the XMSC_WMQ_CONNECTION_MODE (WMQConstants.WMQ_CONNECTION_MODE) property, when using JNDI or the JmsFactoryFactory.
The same should apply to the other ConnectionFactory types: MQQueueConnectionFactory, MQTopicConnectionFactory, MQXAConnectionFactory, MQXAQueueConnectionFactory and MQXATopicConnectionFactory
Check the IMB Knowledge Center for more information about the different connection/binding options:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_7.5.0/com.ibm.mq.dev.doc/q031720_.htm
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_7.5.0/com.ibm.mq.dev.doc/q030560_.htm
You probably have some older MQ jar files either in your CLASSPATH, in the lib or in the EAR.
Remove them and you should be fine.
You should not put MQ files in your EAR or in the WEB-INF/lib folders. They should be in the classpath of your appserver.
I came across this while connecting using IBM MQ api.
I didn't find this issue to be related to classpath either.
This happened to me when I instantiated MQQueueManager before setting MQEnvironment's hostname and channel.
Just ensure that your code does not do that and that it instantiates the manager after the environment is set. Something like..
MQEnvironment.hostname = "mq hostname";
MQEnvironment.channel = "mq channel";
..more code..
this._queueManager = new MQQueueManager(qManager);
(Observed that it's OK to set MQEnvironment.port after MQQueueManager is initialized, but one would probably initialize everything related to MQEnvironment together)
This can happen if you actually installed MQ Client instead of MQ Server.
IBM has even written a whole help page about it:
WebSphere MQ Client installation missing mqjb*.dll files
Problem(Abstract)
You install the WebSphere MQ Client and notice three dll's are missing from the \Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\Java\lib\ directory.
Symptom
The following dlls appear in the directory on a server install, but are not part of the Java™ client:
03/17/2003 10:59a 19,456 mqjbdf02.dll
03/17/2003 10:59a 57,856 mqjbnd05.dll
03/17/2003 10:59a 36,864 MQXAi02.dll
The subdirectory \jdbc\ appears on the server, but not on the client machine.
03/17/2003 10:59a 61,440 jdbcdb2.dll
03/17/2003 10:59a 61,440 jdbcora.dll
Cause
The files are missing because they are not provided nor needed in a client install.
Resolving the problem
The files are only included in the WebSphere MQ Server product.
Here is an easy recipe: Tell the Java VM to Load the DLL. Is your code similiar, e.g. do you use System.loadLibrary to load mqjbnd05.dll?
If yes - does it work outside eclipse, like starting the application from the command line? If this is the case, you could try starting the whole eclipse IDE with that library path.
And sometimes we have trouble with pathnames that contain spaces. Copy the dll to C:\, put that on the lib path and try again.
Ah, that's the problem, the specified dll is missing. This blog has a solution. Good luck!
In my case when I set the transport type , the error goes away. I was using MQConnectionFactory
mQQueueConnectionFactory.setTransportType( JMSC.MQJMS_TP_CLIENT_MQ_TCPIP);