Does JMX needs a web app to connect to it?

Would JMX work for java applications which are no way web related, but act as game servers? Or do I need to have a web app to run and connect to JMX and be able to monitor my java application? [check this question for th开发者_开发知识库at case] So confusing..

JConsole and VisualVM use JMX and can connect to any Java process.

A web server would make no difference.

No, you don't need a web application in order to connect to JMX. You can use jconsole coming with JDK or other tools.