In JBoss EAP 5 and earlier, the JVM's MBean server was used, in JBoss EAP 6, the client should connect to the JBoss's MBean services via remoting-jmx. +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1306892 +++ Document URL: Section Number and Name: Describe the issue: How to configure a JMX client to connect to JBoss's MBean Server via JMX jconsole is one tool which connects to JBoss's JMX MBean Server $JBOSS_HOME/bin/jconsole.sh / $JBOSS_HOME/bin/jconsole.bat There are some 3rd party tools which are used for monitoring which use JMX to connect to a JBoss instance. Also, custom applications can use the JMX API to connect JBoss's MBean service via JMX Suggestions for improvement: Additional information: