My webapp exposes some application-specific metrics (think "orders placed") via JMX, which I'd like to monitor using Hyperic HQ (open source edition).
According to the Hyperic Inventory Model, my Linux server is called a Platform hosting my Tomcat 6 Server, which in turn hosts Services (e.g. "Servlet Monitor"), who finally expose Metrics (e.g. "Error Count per Minute").
I assume I need to develop a custom Hyperic plugin (just an XML file, really) that would point the agent and server at the correct JMX MBeans. Ideally, I would like to see my webapp listed as a Service hosted by the Tomcat 6 Server, but looking at the Plugin Development docs, that doesn't seem to be possible.
Maybe that's not too bad anyway, because in theory, I might want to switch my app to Jetty. But I figure that's a very common use case, so are there any best practices? I couldn't really find any examples of this on the web, so I thought I might just ask the experts..
Please note: The Hyperic docs I linked to seem to require an account to view.