GlassFish Hosting
Run your applications on the official Jakarta EE reference implementation. The gold standard for Jakarta EE compatibility testing and production deployments.
Why GlassFish Hosting on JavaHost?
GlassFish is the official reference implementation of the Jakarta EE specification, maintained by the Eclipse Foundation under the EE4J project. If you want to guarantee that your application is 100% Jakarta EE compatible, GlassFish is the gold standard.
On JavaHost, we run GlassFish on production-grade infrastructure with dedicated JVM resources. Whether you're validating Jakarta EE compatibility or running a production deployment, GlassFish on JavaHost delivers.
- GlassFish 6.x and 7.x supported
- JDK 8, 11, 17, and 21 (LTS)
- Full Jakarta EE 9.1 and 10 support
- Official Eclipse Foundation reference implementation
- Built-in admin console
- Compatible with Payara Server
- Free SSL with automatic renewal
- SSH access for full control
π Reference Impl.
Official Eclipse Foundation Jakarta EE reference implementation.
β Compatibility
Perfect for validating your Jakarta EE applications.
π Payara Path
Same codebase as Payara β easy migration to enterprise support.
π οΈ Expert Support
Real GlassFish experts available 24/7 to help you.
Technical Specifications
| GlassFish Versions | 6.2.5, 7.0.x |
|---|---|
| Java Versions | JDK 8, 11, 17, 21 (LTS) |
| Jakarta EE | Jakarta EE 9.1 (GlassFish 6), Jakarta EE 10 (GlassFish 7) |
| Deployment Formats | WAR, EAR, JAR, exploded archives |
| Admin Console | Web-based Admin Console + asadmin CLI |
| Data Sources | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, Derby |
| Storage | NVMe SSD (10 GB β 150 GB) |
| Memory | 1 GB β 8 GB dedicated JVM heap |
| Access | SSH, SFTP, Git, Web Dashboard, asadmin |
Jakarta EE Features Included
π Servlet & JSP
Full Servlet 6.0 and JSP 3.1 implementation.
π CDI / Weld
Contexts and Dependency Injection for modern Java apps.
ποΈ JPA / EclipseLink
Reference JPA implementation with EclipseLink.
π¬ JMS / Open MQ
Built-in message queue for reliable async messaging.
π JAX-RS / Jersey
Reference REST implementation for building APIs.
π Security / Soteria
Jakarta Security with Soteria reference implementation.
π¦ EJB / Batch
Enterprise JavaBeans and Jakarta Batch for jobs.
πΈοΈ JAX-WS / Metro
SOAP web services with Metro stack.
Ideal for GlassFish
Jakarta EE Validation
Verify your app is 100% compliant with the Jakarta EE spec.
Legacy Java EE Apps
Run older Java EE 7/8 applications with minimal changes.
Development & Testing
Match your local dev environment exactly with the reference impl.
Payara Migration
Test on GlassFish before migrating to Payara Enterprise.
GlassFish vs. Payara vs. WildFly
| Feature | GlassFish | Payara | WildFly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Impl. | β Yes | β Fork of GlassFish | β No |
| Jakarta EE 10 | β Full | β Full | β Full |
| Commercial Support | Community | β Payara Enterprise | β JBoss EAP |
| MicroProfile | Basic | β Full | β Full |
| Best For | Spec validation | Enterprise EE | Enterprise EE |
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