How to have JMX bind to a specific interface?

Question

I am currently starting my Java VM with the com.sun.management.jmxremote.* properties so that I can connect to it via JConsole for management and m

Answer 1

The accepted answer is pretty old. There are some indications that Java now provides some options to enable this. For instance I have seen:

-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=

...as well as...

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=

However, at least on my system under jdk 1.7, these do not seem to have any effect - the JMX connector still binds to *. An updated answer (with specific applicable versions) would be much appreciated. This should be simple.