> On 2025 Oct 20, at 14:09, James H. H. Lampert > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/20/25 9:42 AM, Christopher Schultz wrote: > >> There are documents, but it's easier to browse and read the descriptions if >> you connect using e.g. VisualVM and click through them. The documents are >> mbeans-descriptors.xml and they exist in each package, so there are many of >> them. If you browse via VisualVM (you can just run Tomcat locally on your >> desktop and browse them, which may be easier than trying to figure out how >> to connect to your running system), all those files are collated and >> presented via a GUI. > > I now have both Tomcat 9.0.110 and VisualVM installed on my desktop Mac, and > with some help from Google, I've managed to get them talking to each other > (via JMX). > > But I don't see anything about browsing mbeans-descriptors.xml files. And up > until this morning, I'd never heard of VisualVM, any more than I'd heard of > JMX or JMXterm until a few days ago. > > So now what?
You need to install the MBeans plugin into VisualVM. In the VisualVM menu bar, go to Tools -> Plugins -> Available Plugins, then select VisualVM-MBeans, then install and accept the license. There will now be an additional MBeans tab in VisualVM when you’re looking at the Tomcat process. There’s a bunch you can wander through. - Chuck --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
