Java VisualVM MBeans plugin

Question

I am running JDK 1.8.0_66 JVisualVM utility and want to use MBeans browser to Monitor my Coherence applications.

According to the Oracle tutorial I have to install the MBeans plugin first. So I went to Tools-Plugins-Available Plugins and there were no any available plugins. I checked my JDK installation for *.nbm files and found nothing.

What do I need to do to install MBeans plugin for JVisualVM? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

It appears the visualvm site has moved to github.io, so the links are broken. I just updated mine to the correct one on found on https://visualvm.github.io/pluginscenters.html

In VisualVM go to Tools -> Plugins -> Settings, Edit Java VisualVM Plugins Center, and change the URL to the correct URL for your VisualVM, ex: https://visualvm.github.io/archive/uc/8u40/updates.xml.gz

After this I was able to update & install plugins using the UI again.