I am trying to connect VisualVM 1.3.2 to a Remote JBoss 5.1.0.GA (on Linux) using a JMX connection. The connection to a local server (Windows) using the same settings works fine.

I used a run.jar that adds the following platform JMX files

org\jboss\system\server\jmx\LazyMBeanServer.class
org\jboss\system\server\jmx\MBeanServerBuilderImpl.class

For Remote Server I Added the following settings -

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote=true"

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5004"

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Djboss.platform.mbeanserver"

export RUN_ARGS=" $RUN_ARGS -Djavax.management.builder.initial=org.jboss.system.server.jmx.MBeanServerBuilderImpl"

For local server I used the following settings --

set RUN_ARGS= %RUN_ARGS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5004

set RUN_ARGS= %RUN_ARGS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false

set RUN_ARGS= %RUN_ARGS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false

set RUN_ARGS= %RUN_ARGS% -Djboss.platform.mbeanserver

set RUN_ARGS= %RUN_ARGS% -Djavax.management.builder.initial=org.jboss.system.server.jmx.MBeanServerBuilderImpl

I do see that the port 5004 is open on the server

NY-COLLINE-4:/opt/Colline/RELEASE_2013_1_BBH/bin # netstat -anp | grep 5004

tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5004            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      8065/java