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Question by David L. · Jun 26, 2015 at 08:35 PM · plugins

Force "plugin collector" to run on Java 8 or make the monitor code run on a separate JVM?

Hi guys,

I've been taking a beat recently trying to develop a plugin to monitor F5 devices such as BigIP and Viprion using iControl.

The code works flawlessly on Java 8, but on Java 7 it is impossible (at least for me =P) to connect to some devices that use SSLV2 due to Java7 security policies and weird cyphers, I've tried a LOT of solutions importing the certificate, forcing some SSL system properties, etc.

One way this could magically work was if I could run a collector on Java 8 (I would not connect agents to this collector). Is this possible/feasible? I've tried making the collector use a Java 8 jre but it won't start, or is there a way to make the plugin code run on a different JVM?

If someone has experience with this, would it be easier to develop a separate process altogether and make the Java 7 on the collector communicate with it somehow?

Thanks for any insights!

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Answer by Allan S. · Jun 26, 2015 at 10:36 PM

Wouldn't this just be a matter of environment variables? Or are there agent collectors on that machine too. 

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Hey Allan, it probably is, the thing is, Gabriel Prioli suggested I added the lines:

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_45\bin\java.exe

to the collector.ini, it seems to work for him, but I get some java exceptions and the collector doesn't finish starting up.

I'll make some more tests later! No agents are/will connect to this machine

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