jmx-dev RFR: 8324845: management.properties text "interface name" is misleading

[Alan Bateman]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:45:24 GMT, Kevin Walls <kevinw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> We have the text "host-or-interface-name" describing the com.sun.management.jmxremote.host property in management.properties, but interface names (like "eth0" or "lo", or "ens3"...) are not what it accepts.  It should just say it needs to be a host name or address.
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> This change only affects comment text in a properties file.
> 
> (We don't currently mention this property in other docs, e.g. in the M&M guide.)

src/jdk.management.agent/share/conf/management.properties line 258:

> 256: #
> 257: # com.sun.management.jmxremote.host=<host-name-or-address>
> 258: #      Specifies the address on which the JMX RMI agent will bind.

The placeholder is "host-name-or-address" so it might be clearer to say the local host name or IP address in the description.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17615#discussion_r1469761254