Payara Hosting
Enterprise-grade Jakarta EE and MicroProfile hosting. Payara Server and Payara Micro on optimized European infrastructure with 24/7 expert support.
Why Payara Hosting on JavaHost?
Payara Server is the enterprise-grade fork of GlassFish, designed for production deployments with commercial support from Payara Services Ltd. It offers full Jakarta EE 10 support plus MicroProfile, Hazelcast clustering, and enterprise features out of the box.
Payara Micro is a lightweight (~70MB) embeddable JAR for microservices and containerized workloads. On JavaHost, we support both Payara Server (full) and Payara Micro, so you can choose the right tool for each application.
- Payara Server 5.x and 6.x supported
- Payara Micro 5.x and 6.x supported
- JDK 8, 11, 17, and 21 (LTS)
- Jakarta EE 10 Full & Web Profile
- MicroProfile 6.0 for cloud-native apps
- Hazelcast clustering for high availability
- Built-in admin console + asadmin CLI
- Free SSL with automatic renewal
🏢 Enterprise Grade
Commercially supported fork of GlassFish by Payara Services.
☁️ MicroProfile 6
Build cloud-native microservices with the MicroProfile stack.
🔀 Hazelcast Clustering
Distributed caching and session replication for HA.
🛠️ Expert Support
Real Payara experts available 24/7 to help you.
Technical Specifications
| Payara Server Versions | 5.2022.x, 6.2023.x, 6.2024.x |
|---|---|
| Payara Micro Versions | 5.x, 6.x |
| Java Versions | JDK 8, 11, 17, 21 (LTS) |
| Jakarta EE | Jakarta EE 10 Full & Web Profile |
| MicroProfile | MicroProfile 6.0 (Config, Health, Metrics, OpenAPI, JWT, Rest Client, Fault Tolerance) |
| Clustering | Hazelcast-based distributed clustering |
| Deployment Formats | WAR, EAR, JAR, Uber JAR (Payara Micro) |
| Admin Console | Web-based Admin Console + asadmin CLI |
| Storage | NVMe SSD (10 GB – 150 GB) |
| Memory | 1 GB – 8 GB dedicated JVM heap |
| Access | SSH, SFTP, Git, Web Dashboard, asadmin |
Payara Server vs. Payara Micro
Not sure which one to use? Here's the comparison:
| Feature | Payara Server | Payara Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ~200 MB | ~70 MB |
| Deployment | WAR, EAR | Uber JAR, WAR |
| Admin Console | ✅ Full web console | ❌ CLI only |
| Clustering | ✅ Full Hazelcast | ✅ Lightweight Hazelcast |
| Best For | Monoliths, EAR apps | Microservices, containers |
Jakarta EE & MicroProfile Features
🌐 Servlet 6.0 / JSP 3.1
Full Jakarta Servlet and JSP implementation.
🔌 CDI 4.0 / Weld
Modern dependency injection with CDI 4.0.
🗄️ JPA 3.1 / EclipseLink
Reference JPA implementation with EclipseLink.
🌐 JAX-RS 3.1 / Jersey
Build REST APIs with the latest Jakarta REST.
🔐 Jakarta Security 3.0
Modern security with Soteria and JWT support.
☁️ MicroProfile 6.0
Config, Health, Metrics, OpenAPI, JWT, Rest Client.
🔀 Hazelcast Clustering
Distributed sessions, caching, and JCache.
📊 Request Tracing
Built-in request tracing for debugging production issues.
Ideal for Payara
Enterprise Jakarta EE
Production Jakarta EE apps requiring commercial-grade support.
Cloud-Native Microservices
Payara Micro for containerized, cloud-native services.
High-Availability Clusters
Hazelcast clustering for session replication and failover.
GlassFish Migration
Seamless upgrade path from GlassFish to Payara.
Migrating from GlassFish or WildFly?
We help you migrate your existing Jakarta EE applications to Payara. Our team assists with:
- GlassFish → Payara migration (drop-in compatible)
- WildFly → Payara migration (EJB, JPA, JMS compatibility)
- Payara Server → Payara Micro refactoring for microservices
- Data source and JMS queue migration
- Hazelcast clustering setup for high availability
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