Jetty Web Server

Overview

This document describes how to collect JMX metrics exposed by Jetty (Web server) for long-term retention and monitoring in Axibase Time Series Database.

Requirements

  • Jetty 6.+

Installation Steps

Enable JMX in Java Application

Configure your Java application for JMX monitoring as described here.

Import Jetty job into Axibase Collector

Configure Jetty JMX Connection

  • Open the Jobs:JMX page and select the jmx-jetty job.
  • For each JMX Configuration:
  • Provide connection parameters to the target Jetty:

  • Click the [Test] button and make sure that the result is correct:

Schedule the Job

  • Open the JMX Job page and click the [Run] button for the Jetty JMX job.
  • Make sure that the job status is COMPLETED and Items Read and Sent commands are greater than 0.

  • If there are no errors, set job status to 'Enabled' and save the job.

Verify Metrics in ATSD

  • Log in to ATSD.
  • Click on Metrics tab and filter metrics by name jmx.jetty*.

Viewing Data in ATSD

Metrics

Properties

Entity Group

  • Open Admin:Entity Groups, click the [Import] button, and upload jetty_entity_group.xml.
  • Select the imported jetty-web-server group.
  • Verify that the group contains your Jetty hosts.

Entity Views

  • Open Configuration:Entity Views, click the [Import] button, and upload jetty_entity_view.xml.
  • Select the imported Java Applications view.
  • Select the Entity Group that you created earlier.
  • Click on the [View] button and browse information about your entities.

Portal

  • Open the Configuration: Portals, click the [Import] button, and upload jetty_portal.xml.
  • Click the Assign link and associate the portal with the entity group you created earlier.
  • Open Entity tabs, find the java application by name, and click on its portal icon.

Jetty Live Portal