4.3.3. Command Line Access to JMX
JBoss provides a simple command line tool that allows for interaction with a remote JMX server instance. This tool is called twiddle (for twiddling bits via JMX) and is located in the bin directory of the distribution. Twiddle is a command execution tool, not a general command shell. It is run using either the twiddle.sh or twiddle.bat scripts, and passing in a -h(--help) argument provides the basic syntax, and --help-commands shows what you can do with the tool:
[bin]$ ./twiddle.sh -h
A JMX client to 'twiddle' with a remote JBoss server.
usage: twiddle.sh [options] <command> [command_arguments]
options:
-h, --help Show this help message
--help-commands Show a list of commands
-H=<command> Show command specific help
-c=command.properties Specify the command.properties file to use
-D<name>[=<value>] Set a system property
-- Stop processing options
-s, --server=<url> The JNDI URL of the remote server
-a, --adapter=<name> The JNDI name of the RMI adapter to use
-q, --quiet Be somewhat more quiet