Configuring the agent on Windows systems

You can configure the JBoss agent on Windows operating systems by using the IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management window. After you update the configuration values, you must start the agent to save the updated values.

Procedure

  1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Cloud Application Performance Management.
  2. In the IBM Performance Management window, right-click the Monitoring Agent for JBoss template, and then click Configure agent.
    Remember: After you configure an agent instance for the first time, the Configure agent option is disabled. To configure the agent instance again, right-click on it and then click Reconfigure.
  3. Enter a unique instance name then click OK. Use only letters, Arabic numerals, the underline character, and the minus character in the instance name.
    For example, jboss01.
    Figure 1. The window to enter a unique instance name.
    The window for entering a unique instance name.
  4. Enter the JBoss Server settings, then click Next.
    See Table 1 for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.
    Figure 2. The window for configuration parameters for the JBoss server
    The configuration window that is displayed when you configure parameters for the JBoss server.
  5. Enter the Java settings, then click Next.
    See Table 1 for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.
    Figure 3. The window to specify Java settings.
    The window to specify Java settings.
  6. Enter the JMX settings, then click Next.
    See Table 1 for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.
    Figure 4. The window to specify JMX settings.
    The window to specify JMX settings.
  7. View the JBoss agent data collector settings.
    Leave the DC Runtime Directory blank during initial configuration of the agent. See Table 1 for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.
    Figure 5. The window to specify JBoss agent data collector settings
    The window to specify JBoss agent data collector settings
  8. Click OK to complete the agent configuration.
  9. In the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management window, right-click the instance that you configured, and then click Start.