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It's easy to monitor and load-balance your Tomcat clusters using JMX MBeans. JMX provides a flexible, modular, and reusable framework for managing your J2EE server components.
by Srini Penchikala
August 16, 2004
he latest version of the Tomcat 5 servlet container provides built-in support for monitoring server components using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API. This article concentrates on the clustering and load balancing components, and provides an overview of configuring and using JMX MBeans in managing the elements in a J2EE cluster. You'll also see how to use the JMX API to automate various administration tasks in the Tomcat container.
A sample Web application (see the downloadable sample code) to demonstrate the steps involved in configuring Tomcat server instances with load balancing and clustering features enabled. This application provides the ability to monitor the run-time statistics of the cluster elements such as load balancer, cluster members, session manager, and replication valve.
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he latest version of the Tomcat 5 servlet container provides built-in support for monitoring server components using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API. This article concentrates on the clustering and load balancing components, and provides an overview of configuring and using JMX MBeans in managing the elements in a J2EE cluster. You'll also see how to use the JMX API to automate various administration tasks in the Tomcat container.
