How to setup remote profiling with JProfiler 12.0.3 on OpenJ9/Alpine container
The difference is between the OpenJ9 and the Hotspot VMs. For OpenJ9 JProfiler needs the profiling settings at startup, so you have to specify the "config" option for the -agentpath parameter.
You can use the remote integration wizard (Session->Integration wizards->New Remote Integration) integration to get help with settings this up.