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JMX Connection Handler

The JMX Connection Handler is used to interact with clients using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) protocol.

Parent Component
Relations To this Component
Properties
dsconfig Usage

Parent Component

The JMX Connection Handler component inherits from the Connection Handler

Relations from This Component

The following components have a direct aggregation relation from JMX Connection Handlers:

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ enabled
↓ allowed-client
↓ denied-client
↓ listen-port
↓ use-ssl
↓ ssl-cert-nickname
↓ key-manager-provider

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Connection Handler
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Connection Handler is enabled.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

allowed-client

Description
Specifies a set of address masks that determines the addresses of the clients that are allowed to establish connections to this connection handler.
Default Value
All clients with addresses that do not match an address on the deny list are allowed. If there is no deny list, then all clients are allowed.
Allowed Values
An IP address mask
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Changes to this configuration attribute take effect immediately and do not interfere with connections that may have already been established.

denied-client

Description
Specifies a set of address masks that determines the addresses of the clients that are not allowed to establish connections to this connection handler. If both allowed and denied client masks are defined and a client connection matches one or more masks in both lists, then the connection is denied. If only a denied list is specified, then any client not matching a mask in that list is allowed.
Default Value
If an allow list is specified, then only clients with addresses on the allow list are allowed. Otherwise, all clients are allowed.
Allowed Values
An IP address mask
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Changes to this configuration attribute take effect immediately and do not interfere with connections that may have already been established.

listen-port

Description
Specifies the port number on which the JMX Connection Handler will listen for connections from clients. Only a single port number may be provided.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 1. Upper limit is 65535 .
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
The JMX Connection Handler must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect. This modification requires that you disable and then re-enable this component for the change to take effect

use-ssl

Description
Indicates whether the JMX Connection Handler should use SSL. If enabled, the JMX Connection Handler will use SSL to encrypt communication with the clients.
Default Value
false
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
The JMX Connection Handler must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect. This modification requires that you disable and then re-enable this component for the change to take effect

ssl-cert-nickname

Description
Specifies the nickname (also called the alias) of the certificate that the JMX Connection Handler should use when performing SSL communication. This is only applicable when the JMX Connection Handler is configured to use SSL.
Default Value
Let the server decide.
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
The JMX Connection Handler must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect. This modification requires that you disable and then re-enable this component for the change to take effect

key-manager-provider

Description
Specifies the name of the key manager that should be used with this JMX Connection Handler .
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
The DN of any Key Manager Provider. The referenced key manager provider must be enabled when the JMX Connection Handler is enabled and configured to use SSL.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Changes to this property take effect immediately, but only for subsequent attempts to access the key manager provider for associated client connections.


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Connection Handlers:

dsconfig list-connection-handlers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig get-connection-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig set-connection-handler-prop
     --handler-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To create a new JMX Connection Handler:

dsconfig create-connection-handler
     --handler-name {name}
     --type jmx
     --set enabled:{propertyValue}
     --set listen-port:{propertyValue}
     [--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Connection Handler:

dsconfig delete-connection-handler
     --handler-name {name}