Payara Micro tools in VSCode

Creating new Payara Micro Maven Application

  • Simply start up the Visual Studio Code and then Open the command pallet using Ctrl + Shift + P.

  • Type Payara Micro and select the Generate a Payara Micro Project option:

Generate Payara Micro Application

  • Answer the prompts (groupId, artifactId, version, etc.) to setup the project.

Enter GAV details

  • Select the Payara Micro version and the destination folder, where the project will be generated:

Select Payara Micro version

  • When you fill the required project details, the IDE creates the following projects from the Payara Micro maven archetype. You may add the generated project to the current workspace or open in the new window:

Application created
Application created

Run Payara Micro Application

  • Now to simply run the Payara Micro application, go to the explorer sidebar (or Payara activity bar), expand Payara Micro Instances, right-click on the listed Payara Micro instance and select Start:

Start Instance

  • After starting the Micro instance, you may see the log in the OUTPUT window:

Application running

  • Payara Micro Application supports auto-deploy feature which redeploys the new application on every save action. To manually redeploy the application, right-click on the listed Payara Micro instance and select Redeploy:

Application redeploy