= Distributed James Server &mdash; jmx.properties
:navtitle: jmx.properties

This is used to configure the JMX MBean server via which all management is achieved.

Consult this link:https://github.com/apache/james-project/blob/master/server/apps/distributed-app/sample-configuration/jmx.properties[example]
in GIT to get some examples and hints.

.jmx.properties content
|===
| Property name | explanation

| jmx.enabled
| Boolean. Should the JMX server be enabled? Defaults to `true`.

| jmx.address
|The IP address (host name) the MBean Server will bind/listen to.

| jmx.port
| The port number the MBean Server will bind/listen to.
|===

To access from a remote location, it has been reported that `-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false` is needed as
a JVM argument.
