If you've upgraded to Payara Server 5 or are considering using Payara Server in production, here are 4 production features you might not know about - but should.

Now that Payara Server 5 is here, it’s a good time to brush up on the basics - with that in mind, I'm going to go through a few of the things you can do with the Payara Server CLI.

For a long time Payara, a derivative of GlassFish, could be used in Eclipse using the Oracle GlassFish Tools. With the release of Payara 5, a few problems prevented the plug-in from recognizing Payara 5, meaning Payara 5 couldn’t really be used in Eclipse. A new set of tools again makes it possible to use Payara 5 with Eclipse, along with other improvements.

In Payara Server 5 we have introduced the concept of a Deployment Group - in this blog post, we'll explore why they are important and what they are used for.

Payara Server 5 and Payara Micro 5 are here! We've already blogged about some improvements in Payara Server & Payara Micro 5, but there are many more. 

We know you'll be excited to find that this release includes several usability improvements making Payara Server & Payara Micro's architecture even more innovative, microservices-ready, cloud-native and optimized for production deployments.

We are very excited about the upcoming release of Payara Platform 5! With the new Data Grid, MicroProfile 1.2 support and incorporation of the Java EE 8 reference implementations it is shaping up to be a great release. 

With the release imminent, I thought now is a good time to let people know about some of the changes taking place in Payara Release Streams and Development, and how this affects both customers and users of the community version of Payara.