The mBean io.fabric8:type=Fabric contains operations to get information on all containers "containers()" or information on a specific container "getContainer(java.lang.String)". The containers() does not work if a child container is part of the fabric and the getContainer(java.lang.String) does not work if invoked on child container. The following error occurs:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot instantiate remote class io.fabric8.api.CreateChildContainerMetadata

However, invocation seems successful via Jolokia using the following:

curl http://admin:admin@localhost:8181/hawtio/jolokia/exec/io.fabric8:type=Fabric/'getContainer(java.lang.String)'/rc1

Where rc1 is a child container