Exclude MBean Attributes

Some MBean attributes contain sensitive information that you do not want the Java Agent to report. You can configure the Java Agent to exclude these attributes using the <exclude object-name> setting in the app-agent-config.xml file.

To exclude an MBean attribute

Open the AppServerAgent/conf/app-agent-config.xml file.
The new configuration takes effect immediately if the agent-overwrite property is set to true in the app-agent-config.xml. If agent-overwrite is false, which is the default, then the new configuration will be ignored and you have to restart the agent. Set the property to true.
```
<property name="agent-overwrite" value="true"/>
```
Locate the JMXService section. It looks like this:
```
<agent-service name="JMXService" enabled="true">
```

In the JMXService <configuration> section add the <jmx-mbean-browser-excludes> section and the <exclude object-name> property as per the instructions in the comment.

<configuration>
    <!--
       Use the below configuration sample to create rules to exclude MBean attributes from MBean Browser.
       <exclude object-name=<MBean name pattern> attributes=< * |comma separated list of attribute names> >
       The example below will exclude all attributes of MBeans that match "Catalina:*".
       <jmx-mbean-browser-excludes>
          <exclude object-name="Catalina:*" attributes="*"/>
       </jmx-mbean-browser-excludes>
    -->
 </configuration>

Save the file.