Programming WebLogic Management Services with JMX

Overview of WebLogic JMX Services

WebLogic Server Managed Resources and MBeans

Basic Organization of a WebLogic Server Domain

MBeans for Configuring Managed Resources

Local Replicas of Configuration MBeans

The Life Cycle of Configuration MBeans

Replication of MBeans for Managed Server Independence

Documentation for Configuration MBean APIs

MBeans for Viewing the Runtime State of Managed Resources

Documentation for Runtime MBean APIs

Security MBeans

Non-WebLogic Server MBeans

MBean Servers and the MBeanHome Interface

Local MBeanHome and the Administration MBeanHome

Notifications and Monitoring

The Administration Console and the weblogic.Admin Utility

The Administration Console

The weblogic.Admin Utility

Accessing WebLogic Server MBeans

Accessing MBeans: Main Steps

Determining Which Interfaces to Use

Accessing an MBeanHome Interface

Using the Helper APIs to Retrieve an MBeanHome Interface

Example: Retrieving a Local MBeanHome Interface

Using JNDI to Retrieve an MBeanHome Interface

Example: Retrieving the Administration MBeanHome from an External Client

Example: Retrieving a Local MBeanHome from an Internal Client

Using the Type-Safe Interface to Access MBeans

Retrieving a List of All MBeans

Retrieving MBeans By Type and Selecting From the List

Walking the Hierarchy of Local Configuration and Runtime MBeans

Using the MBeanServer Interface to Access MBeans

WebLogic Server Management Namespace

Conventions for WebLogicObjectName

Conventions for Security-Provider MBean Names

Locating Administration MBeans Within the Namespace

Server Communication and Protocols Configuration Namespace

Domain and Server Logging Configuration Namespace

Applications Configuration Namespace

Security Configuration Namespace

JDBC Configuration Namespace

JMS Configuration Namespace

Clusters Configuration Namespace

Machines and Node Manager Configuration Namespace

Using weblogic.Admin to Find the WebLogicObjectName

Using weblogic.Admin to Find the Name of a Security Provider MBean

Accessing and Changing Configuration Information

Example: Using weblogic.Admin to View the Message Level for Standard Out

Example: Configuring the Message Level for Standard Out

Setting and Getting Encrypted Values

Set the Value of an Encrypted Attribute

Compare an Unencrypted Value with an Encrypted Value

Example: Setting and Getting an Encrypted Attribute

Accessing Runtime Information

Example: Determining the Active Domain and Servers

Getting the Name of the Current Server Instance

Using weblogic.Admin to Determine Active Domains and Servers

Example: Viewing and Changing the Runtime State of a WebLogic Server Instance

Using a Local MBeanHome and getRuntimeMBean()

Using the Administration MBeanHome and getMBeansByType()

Using the Administration MBeanHome and getMBean()

Using the MBeanServer Interface

Example: Viewing Runtime Information About Clusters

Viewing Runtime Information for EJBs

Example: Retrieving Runtime Information for All Stateful and Stateless EJBs

Viewing Runtime Information for Servlets

Example: Retrieving Runtime Information for Servlets

Using WebLogic Server MBean Notifications and Monitors

How Notifications are Broadcast and Received

Monitoring Changes in MBeans

Best Practices: Listening Directly Compared to Monitoring

Best Practices: Commonly Monitored Attributes

Listening for Notifications from WebLogic Server MBeans: Main Steps

WebLogic Server Notification Types

Creating a Notification Listener

Creating a Notification Filter

Adding Filter Classes to the Server Classpath

Registering a Notification Listener and Filter

Listening for Configuration Auditing Messages: Main Steps

Notification Listener for Configuration Auditing Messages

Notification Filter for Configuration Auditing Messages

Registration Class for Configuration Auditing Messages

Using Monitor MBeans to Observe Changes: Main Steps

Choosing a Monitor MBean Type

Monitor Notification Types

Error Notification Types

Creating a Notification Listener for a Monitor MBean

Instantiating the Monitor and Listener

Example: Monitoring an MBean on a Single Server

Example: Monitoring Instances of an MBean on Multiple Servers

Configuring CounterMonitor Objects

Configuring GaugeMonitor Objects

Configuring StringMonitor Objects

Using the WebLogic Timer Service to Generate and Receive Notifications

Using the WebLogic Timer Service: Main Steps

Configuring a Timer MBean to Emit Notifications

Specifying Time Intervals

Example: Generating a Notification Every Minute

Removing Notifications