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title: Managing rules
header: Managing rules at runtime
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Being able to dynamically reconfigure business rules at runtime in production systems is a recurrent requirement.
Thanks to JMX, Easy Rules can expose rules attributes to be managed via any JMX compliant client.
First, you need to add the following dependency to your **_pom.xml_** :
```xml
< dependencies >
< dependency >
< groupId > org.easyrules< / groupId >
< artifactId > easyrules-jmx< / artifactId >
< version > {{site.version}}< / version >
< / dependency >
< / dependencies >
```
To make your rule manageable via JMX, it should:
* implement the `JmxRule` interface or extend the `BasicJmxRule` class
* or be annotated with `javax.management.MXBean` if it is a annotated POJO
Once you defined your rule as a Jmx Compliant object, you can register it in a `JmxRulesEngine` as a managed rule:
```java
JmxRulesEngine rulesEngine = aNewJmxRulesEngine.build();
rulesEngine.registerJmxRule(myJmxCompliantRule);
```
This will register your rule as a JMX managed bean with the following object name:
`org.easyrules.core.jmx:type=YourRuleClassName,name=YourRuleName`
An example of using dynamic rule reconfiguration at runtime is provided in the [online shop tutorial ]({{site.url}}/tutorials/dynamic-configuration.html ).
