Getting Started with Payara Server

Using Payara Server for the first time?

We’ve put together this step-by-step “Getting Started Guide” to help you with everything you need to successfully install and put Payara Server to work for you, including:

• Three things you need to get ready
• How to download and install Payara Server
• How to install NetBeans
• How to write and deploy your first app
• How to use Maven to deploy & build apps
• How to configure and use a data source
• How to connect Payara Server to your data source
• How to store and retrieve data from a database
• Add more functionality to Payara Server with RESTful web services, security auditing, and monitoring.

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Here are a list of how-to articles and tutorials to help you learn the basic functionalities for various use cases you’ll need when using Payara Server:

• Watch Video to learn how to create a RESTful Web Service with Payara Server & NetBeans
• Consuming a RESTful Web Service 
• Create a User Interface with JSF
• Securing a REST Service (how to log in and check required privileges)
• How to Test Applications with Payara Server with Arquillian
• The Basics of Logging in Payara Server

Security Auditing in Payara Server

• Security Auditing in Payara Server Part 1
• Security Auditing in Payara Server Part 2
• Debugging (searching for and fixing defects)

Making Use of Payara Server’s Monitoring Service

• Part 1: Setting up the Service
• Part 2: Integrating with Logstash and Elasticsearch
• Part 3: Using Kibana to Visualise the Data

Hopefully you found all these resources useful. If you have any questions please leave a comment or message us through our contact form.