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JBoss provides a simple command line tool that allows for interaction with a remote JMX server instance. This tool is called jboss 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.

The syntax of this tool is:

twiddle.sh [options] <command> [command_arguments]

So if you want to see the list of MBeans published simply pass the "-l" argument to serverinfo

twiddle -s localhost serverinfo -l   (for Win Users)

or for Unix machines:

twiddle.sh -s localhost serverinfo -l

How to change the Connection Pool size via twiddle

 

Supposing you need to change at runtime the size of your datasource named "DefaultDS", then you can use twiddle command (or modify it manually from the JMX-Console)

twiddle.sh set jboss.jca:name=DefaultDS,service=ManagedConnectionPool MaxSize 300

This sets the Max ConnectionPool size to 300

 

How to count the number of Connections available in a Datasource:

(In this example we are checking DefaultDS Datasource)

"jboss.jca:name=DefaultDS,service=ManagedConnectionPool" AvailableConnectionCount

How to shut down JBoss with twiddle:

 twiddle.sh -s hostname invoke jboss.system:type=Server shutdown

 

How to shut fown JBoss with twiddle using authentication:

 twiddle.sh -s hostname -u admin -p admin invoke jboss.system:type=Server shutdown

 

How to check the amount of free memory available:

 twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 get "jboss.system:type=ServerInfo" FreeMemory

 

Take ThreadDump :

twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 invoke 'jboss.system:type=ServerInfo' listThreadDump

How to suggest the JVM to run the Garbage collector:

twiddle.sh invoke jboss.system:type=Server runGarbageCollector

Then you should see from the server log the following message:

13:52:39,281 INFO  [Server] Hinted to the JVM to run garbage collection
13:52:39,281 INFO  [Server] Total/free memory: 170065920/139849848

 

How to list Thread x CPU Usage:

twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 invoke jboss.system:type=ServerInfo listThreadCpuUtilization

How to count active Sessions in a Web application:

twiddle -s localhost get "jboss.web:host=localhost,path=/SampleApp,type=Manager" activeSessions

activeSessions=3

 

How to inspect session attributes of a Web application:

First get the list of session ids running:

twiddle.sh -s localhost invoke "jboss.web:host=localhost,path=/Sample,type=Manager" listSessionIds

C01C7A10A4209D8A87F6467F5439FEF0

Then query for the session attibute:

twiddle.sh -s localhost invoke "jboss.web:host=localhost,path=/Sample,type=Manager" getSessionAttribute C01C7A10A4209D8A87F6467F5439FEF0 name

name=John Smith

Deploying an Application :

twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 invoke 'jboss.service:MainDeployer' deploy "file:///tmp/Application.war"

 

Undeploying an Application :

twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 invoke 'jboss.service:MainDeployer' undeploy "file:///tmp/Application.war"

 

Redeploying an Application :

twiddle.sh -s localhost:1099 invoke 'jboss.service:MainDeployer' redeploy "file:///tmp/Application.war"