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Payara Server 5

The Payara® Platform - Production-Ready,

Cloud Native and Aggressively Compatible.
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Your Challenge
You need the right Java application server to develop and deploy applications that enable you to stay
one step ahead of your competitors. Changing business demands require a flexible Java middleware
platform that supports continuous development, reliability, and secure deployments of Java™ EE /
Jakarta EE applications in any environment: on premise, in the cloud or hybrid.

Payara® Server: Robust. Reliable. Supported.

Payara Server is a fully supported, developer-friendly, open
source application server. Payara Server’s architecture Server Requirements
is innovative, cloud-native and optimized for production
• JDK8u162 or above
deployments. The application server is built and supported • 512MB RAM
by a team of DevOps engineers dedicated to the continued
development and maintenance of the open source software
Supported Java
and committed to optimizing Payara Server as the best option
Virtual Machines
for production Java EE / Jakarta EE applications.
• Oracle JDK 8
Key features of Payara Server include: • Azul Zulu 8
• OpenJDK 8
• Cloud-native architecture • IBM J9 8
• Support for Microsoft Azure™, Amazon AWS™,
Google Cloud Platform™ and more
Supported Operating Systems
• Production-ready
• Windows
• Monitoring and diagnostics
• Windows 7+
• Integrated Data Grid for easy clustering, • Windows Server 2008+
high-availability & scalability • Linux
• Ubuntu 14.04
• Innovative (Trusty Tahr) LTS+
• Compatible with Eclipse MicroProfile, enabling • Debian 7 (Wheezy)+
developers to write and implement microser- • CentOS 6+
vices in Java using enterprise-grade constructs • RHEL 5+
• OpenSUSE 42.2+
• Container-friendly, including Docker
• SUSE 11.4 & 12.2+
and Kubernetes • Other
• AIX 7.3 TL3+
• Easy-to-use and easy-to-upgrade
• MacOS(OSX)
• Fully supported 10.10.5 (Yosemite)+
• Monthly releases, bug fixes and patches ensure
security and stability

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• Open source software Related Products & Services

• Derived from GlassFish™ Open Source Java EE
• Payara Enterprise
• Reference Implementation
• OpenJDK Support - Payara
• No licensing fees Enterprise support contract
includes access to fully
supported builds of Zulu
Enterprise Open JDK 8

Features and Benefits with commercial support

until 2024.
• Migration & Project Support
• Payara Micro - perfect for
Using Payara Server gives developers the ability to deploy microservice and cloud
Java EE applications on premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid environments, compatible with
Eclipse MicroProfile, small
environment to meet the demands of web-scale perfor-
(<70MB) and incredibly simple
mance, get new applications to market quickly and ensure to use. This microservices-
a secure and stable environment. ready version of Payara Server
enables you to run war files from
• Suitable for both traditional applications the command line without any
and microservices application server installation.
• Three Release Streams of
• Cloud connectors and modular support for a range of Payara Server:
JMS broker components including highly-available • Community – quarterly open
message brokers extends messaging to include IOT, source releases
microservices and cloud • Features - monthly releases
for support customers only.
• Caching & clustering This stream adds monthly
patches and fixes to our
• Domain Data Grid – easy-to-use, scalable,
regular quarterly releases.
highly-available, flexible and ideally suited for • Stability - monthly releases
cloud environments for support customers only,
• JCache Integration - helping to scale out appli- ideal when stability and
cations and manage high-speed access to fre- consistency are key priority.
quently used data With one feature set that’s
kept for 12 months, and each
• Payara Micro availability and integration patch release adding bug
and security fixes without
• Rest API & Monitoring available over a standard any component upgrades,
HTTP connection to enable integration of a wide this branch of Payara Server
range of monitoring tools will boost the stability of
your production environment
• HealthCheck Service to automatically detect future throughout the year.
problems for faster resolution • Payara Scales offers benefits of
Hazelcast Enterprise’s High-
• Slow SQL Logger for improved database integra- Density Memory Store and
tion monitoring and rapid detection of poor data- WAN replication
base performance
• Integration with developer tools including
NetBeans™ and Apache Maven™
• Generate setup scripts using the asadmin command
recorder for repeated future use

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Payara Server Resources Payara Enterprise Software.

Security, Stability. Support.

Payara Enterprise Support

Try Payara Server. Experience the benefits of developing options include:
Java EE applications in our Java application server.
• 24x7 – best for customers
running mission critical
Download: https://www.payara.fish/downloads environments that need
rapid response times to
Just getting started with Payara? Watch video tutorials, critical incidents
read technical overviews and resources to get the most out • 10x5 – best for customers in
of Payara Server: https://www.payara.fish/documentation/ need of business hours support
getting-started-with-payara/
Payara Enterprise Support ensures
service level agreement (SLA)
Get involved. Join the Payara Community and help feed
operation of your application
the fish! server with:

Payara Server is, and always will be, open source and we • Unlimited tickets
want your ideas, feedback and collaboration. Contribute • Customer Knowledge Base
code, raise issues and join the discussion. • On-boarding support
• 10-year support lifecycle
Learn more: https://github.com/payara • Fully supported
production binaries
• Fully supported
ecosystem components

About Payara Services, Ltd • Access to Zulu Enterprise-fully-

supported builds of OpenJDK

We are a dedicated team of professionals devoted to Open

Source, Java, our customers, and the community. We are
major contributors to the development and engineering
effort of the Payara Server Open Source Project and the
Payara Foundation.

Our global team of specialist Payara Server Support Engineers

delivers 24/7 production, development & migration support
directly to our customers worldwide. When our customers
need support – they get it straight from the engineers rather
than an outsourced help desk employee.

As Solutions Members of the Eclipse Foundation, we invest

our resources and expertise to improve, innovate and develop
Open Source technologies. We are involved in shaping the
future of the industry via our direct contribution to Eclipse
Jakarta EE, Eclipse MicroProfile, Eclipse IDE and many
other projects.

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As founding members and active committers to the Eclipse For full installation and build
MicroProfile initiative, we contribute to optimize Enterprise instructions see the Payara Server
Documentation docs.payara.fish
Java for microservices architectures with the aim to drive
forward industry innovation, further develop and contribute
to the open source community.

We love to share Payara Server with the world, and when our
commitment to continuous development and support of the
Open Source software is combined with contributions from
our community, we can ensure the highest quality solution.
Let’s continue to learn, create and shape the future of the
industry together.

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Client experiences...

“ Payara provided BMW Group with

a smooth migration path from
GlassFish to Payara Server and Java
“ Payara Support was able to provide
EE 7. Knowing that Payara Services
offer a guarantee of 10 years of
support for the Payara Server 4.x
branch ensures a stable basis for
BMW Group’s applications.
quick solutions to Swisscom,
Switzerland’s leading telecoms
company. The problem-solving time
for multiple projects was drastically
reduced with no need for Swisscom
engineers to further investigate
for solutions.

BMW Group Swisscom

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