Configuration

JMX Exporter 1.5.0 uses an exporter YAML file. The same file can contain collector configuration, HTTP server configuration, and OpenTelemetry configuration.

Minimal configuration

rules:
- pattern: ".*"

Configuration areas

Area	Top-level keys	Details
Collector	startDelaySeconds, hostPort, jmxUrl, username, password, ssl, rules	Rules and Object Names
HTTP server	httpServer	HTTP Server Configuration
HTTP authentication	httpServer.authentication	Authentication
HTTP TLS	httpServer.ssl	SSL
OpenTelemetry	openTelemetry	OpenTelemetry
Metric customizers	metricCustomizers	Metric Customizers
JVM metric exclusion	excludeJvmMetrics	Object Names

Advanced skeleton

startDelaySeconds: 0
lowercaseOutputName: false
lowercaseOutputLabelNames: false
includeObjectNames:
- "java.lang:type=Memory"
excludeObjectNames: []
rules:
- pattern: "java.lang<type=Memory><HeapMemoryUsage>Used"
  name: jvm_memory_heap_used_bytes
  type: GAUGE

Only document and use keys that are supported by the 1.5.0 implementation. The configuration reference lists the source-backed keys.