1. Could it not work the same way as connection via management api when we have the client jars in the tooling itself? Because we do support this kind of connection to a remote server even without a local runtime.

Cannot connect to remote server in JMX Navigator ------------------------------------------------ Key: JBIDE-19463 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-19463 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: jmx Affects Versions: 4.2.3.CR1, 4.3.0.Alpha1 Reporter: Martin Malina Assignee: Rob Stryker Fix For: 4.3.0.Beta1 When you start a remote EAP 6.3 server with management enabled and set up and then want to connect in JMX Navigator, it does not work - double clicking the connection will not do anything and when you right-click, there is no Connect item. For local servers this works fine - there is a Connect item when you right-click the server in JMX Navigator.