Published on 20 Apr 2020
Using Payara Server for the first time?
We’ve put together this step-by-step “Getting Started Guide” to help you with everything you need to successfully install and put Payara Server to work for you, including:
- Three things you need to get ready
- How to download and install Payara Server
- How to install NetBeans
- How to write and deploy your first app
- How to use Maven to deploy & build apps
- How to configure and use a data source
- How to connect Payara Server to your data source
- How to store and retrieve data from a database
- Add more functionality to Payara Server with RESTful web services, security auditing, and monitoring.
Here are a list of how-to articles and tutorials to help you learn the basic functionalities for various use cases you’ll need when using Payara Server:
- Watch Video to learn how to create a RESTful Web Service with Payara Server & NetBeans
- Consuming a RESTful Web Service
- Create a User Interface with JSF
- Securing a REST Service (how to log in and check required privileges)
- How to Test Applications with Payara Server with Arquillian
- The Basics of Logging in Payara Server
Security Auditing in Payara Server
- Security Auditing in Payara Server Part 1
- Security Auditing in Payara Server Part 2
- Debugging (searching for and fixing defects)
Making Use of Payara Server’s Monitoring Service
- Part 1: Setting up the Service
- Part 2: Integrating with Logstash and Elasticsearch
- Part 3: Using Kibana to Visualise the Data
Hopefully you found all these resources useful. If you have any questions please leave a comment or message us through our contact form.
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