Update password for existing JMX Connection

[jbreitman]

My company uses authenticated JMX Connections and periodically requires us to update our password.
I am forced to delete all of my JMX Connections and can't find a way to update the password once I set and save it. The credential fields are greyed out.

I would like to see VisualVM prompt me when authentication fails and give me the ability to update my password without recreating the JMX Connection. Ultimately, I would store the credentials once, assign a profile name to that credential pair and assign the authentication profile to a JMX Connection.

Please let me know if a solution already exists or if you can implement my suggestion.
I am running VisualVM 2.1.3 on macOS.

[thurka]

Please let me know if a solution already exists or if you can implement my suggestion.

Thanks for the feedback. Let me see if there is a way to implement it.

[jbreitman]

I appreciate your help. This will be a big win. Thank you.

[jbreitman]

@thurka - Were you able to reproduce the issue that I described and identify a fix?

[thurka]

Yes, I am able to reproduce the issue.

[jbreitman]

Are you able to provide me with an update? The solution will help me a lot.

[jbreitman]

Are you able to provide me with an update? The solution will help me a lot.

[thurka]

I am sorry, no update for you.

[thurka]

Done in master. VisualVM prompts you when authentication fails. The new username and password are stored for subsequent connections.

[jbreitman]

Thank you very much. We are in the process of testing and this update will be very helpful.

[thurka]

Fix is part of VisualVM 2.1.9

[jbreitman]

Thank you.
My team tested and reported that they were not challenged / prompted when opening an existing "Connect Automatically" JMX Connection with credentials that no longer work. We also disabled the "Connect Automatically" and had the same result when clicking "Connect" on that JMX Connection. Is there anything we need to do on our side with preferences or settings?