How to enable JMX monitoring support on Synapse

How do you enable JMX monitoring support on Synapse? This is a question that may arise in someone who would try out Synapse. In order to do this you will have to add the following line to the synapse.sh file

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote

Once this line is added you just need to start the Synapse server. When the Synapse server is started, open a new terminal window and type the command 'jconsole' and then you will be given the Monitoring & Management Console along with the available servers to connect