JCONSOLE(1)

💅 NAME 💅 — jconsole(1) / JCONSOLE(1) from JDK Commands ✨

Okay so bestie, welcome to the JCONSOLE(1) page from the JDK Commands set. The main character here is jconsole, and its whole thing is: start a graphical console to monitor and manage Java applications. Slay. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Run it like this, fr fr:

jconsole [-interval=n] [-notile] [-plugin path] [-version] [connection ...  ] [-Jinput_arguments]

jconsole -help

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -interval — sets the update interval to n seconds (default is 4 seconds). ⏱️
• -notile — doesn't tile the windows for two or more connections. No tiling, no problem. 🪟
• -pluginpath path — specifies the path that jconsole uses to look up plug-ins. The plug-in path should contain a provider-configuration file named META-INF/services/com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin that contains one line for each plug-in. The line specifies the fully qualified class name of the class implementing the com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin class. 🧩
• -version — prints the program version. Version check, iconic. 👑
• connection = pid | host:port | jmxURL — a connection is described by either pid, host:port or jmxURL. 🔌
  • The pid value is the process ID of a target process. The JVM must be running with the same user ID as the user ID running the jconsole command. 🫶
  • The host:port values are the name of the host system on which the JVM is running, and the port number specified by the system property com.sun.management.jmxremote.port when the JVM was started. 🌐
  • The jmxUrl value is the address of the JMX agent to be connected to as described in JMXServiceURL. 🦋
• -Jinput_arguments — passes input_arguments to the JVM on which the jconsole command is run. 🚀
• -help or --help — displays the help message for the command. Help is help, bestie. 😭

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

The jconsole command starts a graphical console tool that lets you monitor and manage Java applications and virtual machines on a local or remote machine. Literally the whole vibe. 💻✨

On Windows, the jconsole command doesn't associate with a console window. It does, however, display a dialog box with error information when the jconsole command fails. Windows said “no console window, but I will give you an error dialog.” 🙈

Source/version and date sign-off: this page is from JDK 23, dated 2024 — mwah, bye bestie! 💋🎀