5.3.3. Command Line Access to JMX

JBoss provides a simple command line tool that allows for interaction with a remote JMX server instance. This tool is called twiddle (for twiddling bits via JMX) and is located in the bin directory of the distribution. Twiddle is a command execution tool, not a general command shell. It is run using either the twiddle.sh or twiddle.bat scripts, and passing in a -h(--help) argument provides the basic syntax, and --help-commands shows what you can do with the tool: 
[bin]$ ./twiddle.sh -h
A JMX client to 'twiddle' with a remote JBoss server.

usage: twiddle.sh [options] <command> [command_arguments]

options:
    -h, --help                Show this help message
        --help-commands       Show a list of commands
    -H=<command>              Show command specific help
    -c=command.properties     Specify the command.properties file to use
    -D<name>[=<value>]        Set a system property
    --                        Stop processing options
    -s, --server=<url>        The JNDI URL of the remote server
    -a, --adapter=<name>      The JNDI name of the RMI adapter to use
    -q, --quiet               Be somewhat more quiet

5.3.3.1. Connecting twiddle to a Remote Server

By default the twiddle command will connect to the localhost at port 1099 to lookup the default jmx/rmi/RMIAdaptor binding of the RMIAdaptor service as the connector for communicating with the JMX server. To connect to a different server/port combination you can use the -s (--server) option: 
[bin]$ ./twiddle.sh -s toki serverinfo -d jboss
[bin]$ ./twiddle.sh -s toki:1099 serverinfo -d jboss
To connect using a different RMIAdaptor binding use the -a (--adapter) option: 
[bin]$ ./twiddle.sh -s toki -a jmx/rmi/RMIAdaptor serverinfo -d jboss