jconsole(1) JDK Commands jconsole(1)
NAME
jconsole - start a graphical console to monitor and manage Java
applications
SYNOPSIS
jconsole [-interval=n] [-notile] [-plugin path] [-version] [connection
... ] [-Jinput_arguments]
jconsole -help
OPTIONS
-interval
Sets the update interval to n seconds (default is 4 seconds).
-notile
Doesn't tile the windows for two or more connections.
-pluginpath path
Specifies the path that jconsole uses to look up plug-ins. The
plug-in path should contain a provider-configuration file named
META-INF/services/com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin that
contains one line for each plug-in. The line specifies the fully
qualified class name of the class implementing the
com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin class.
-version
Prints the program version.
connection = pid | host:port | jmxURL
A connection is described by either pid, host:port or jmxURL.
o The pid value is the process ID of a target process. The JVM
must be running with the same user ID as the user ID running the
jconsole command.
o The host:port values are the name of the host system on which
the JVM is running, and the port number specified by the system
property com.sun.management.jmxremote.port when the JVM was
started.
o The jmxUrl value is the address of the JMX agent to be connected
to as described in JMXServiceURL.
-Jinput_arguments
Passes input_arguments to the JVM on which the jconsole command is
run.
-help or --help
Displays the help message for the command.
DESCRIPTION
The jconsole command starts a graphical console tool that lets you
monitor and manage Java applications and virtual machines on a local or
remote machine.
On Windows, the jconsole command doesn't associate with a console window.
It does, however, display a dialog box with error information when the
jconsole command fails.
JDK 27.0.1 2026 jconsole(1)
openjdk27-zulu 27.30.107 - Generated Tue Oct 27 07:53:56 CDT 2026