The phone home service is enabled by default when starting a Payara Server or Payara Micro. The phone home service can easily disabled in four different ways.
Removing service module
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Navigate to the ${PAYARA_INSTALL_DIR}/glassfish/modulesdirectory
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Delete the phonehome-bootstrap.jarmodule.
Using an asadmin command
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Run the command: asadmin disable-phome-home.
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Restart the server to apply the change.