In the previous post I explained how to monitor JBoss AS 7 resources with JBison. I extended the sample web application called buffalo, to collect JMS, JVM and Http Connector metrics.

Check out, compile and deploy buffalo in JBoss AS 7:

git clone git://github.com/kijanowski/buffalo.git
mvn clean install
cp target/buffalo.war $JBOSS_HOME/standalone/deployments/

Start JBoss with the standalone-full profile to have the hornetq messaging subsystem enabled. Pass -c standalone-full.xml to the standalone.sh or standalone.bat script. Access http://IP:port/buffalo/rest/messaging/default/queue/testQueue to collect metrics for the testQueue.

Now it’s time to add JBison to the game. Let’s create a JSON monitor, which will fire email notifications if the number of messages in a queue reaches 100:

I started adding messages into the queue without processing them:

The queue filled up and I got an email notifying me, that one of the metrics got violated:

For further details on what resources and metrics are exposed by buffalo, take a look at buffalo’s getting started guide.

Also sign up for a free JBison account and start monitoring your JBoss resources.