Payara Micro Tools in Eclipse IDE

Simply start up Eclipse IDE and then Choose File > New > Project from the main menu or press Ctrl+N to get the list of available projects:

Now, select the Payara Micro Project type to create the application:

Select the destination folder, where the project will be generated. You may also use the default workspace location:

Enter the groupId, artifactId, etc to set up the project, and then click Next:

Enter the Payara Micro application settings e.g context path of the application and Payara Micro version and click the Finish button:

The IDE creates the Payara Micro application using the Payara Micro maven archetype. As you can see, the project has a basic structure with src\main\java and src\main\webapp folders:

To create the Payara Micro Run configuration, select the Run > Run Configurations…​ from the main menu or toolbar:

The Payara Micro Run configuration dialog allows you to specify Payara Micro settings and environment variables.

Select Payara Micro and double click it or click on the New configuration button to create a new configuration :

Associate the workspace project with the run configuration:

Click the browse button and select the project from the Project Selection dialog:

Enter the configuration name and choose the Build Artifact type

Add the configuration to Run and Debug menu and press the Apply button to save the configuration:

To start the Payara Micro instance, run the Payara Micro Sample configuration from the toolbar or main menu:

After running the Micro application, you may see the log in the OUTPUT window: