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IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate comes with out-of-the-box support for the most popular enterprise and open-source application servers including GlassFish, WebLogic, JBoss EAP, Wildfly, WebSphere, Tomcat, TomEE, Jetty, Geronimo, Resin and Virgo.

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To configure a server in the IDE, go to

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Settings

→ Application Servers

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{span:class=shortcut}Settings{span}

→

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and click the Add application server

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{span:class=shortcut}Add application server{span}

button. The IDE will automatically detect its version and ask you to select which libraries to add to the dependencies when the server is used in the project.

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One important thing when working with an application server is the

Web facet

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. This is where the IDE stores the web settings for each module of your project. These settings include the deployment descriptors and web resources roots, and are available in

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Project Structure

→

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Modules

and

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Project Structure

→ Facets

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{span:class=shortcut}Project Structure{span}

→

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{span:class=shortcut}Modules{span}

and

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→

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{span:class=shortcut}Facets{span}

.

Usually you don’t need to configure the

Web facet

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manually. The IDE automatically detects the descriptors and web resource roots and offers to configure it.

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An artifact is what the IDE deploys to a server when you run the application via

Run configurations

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. Each artifact has its name, type, output directory, layout and type (

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Web Application: Archive

,

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Web Application: Exploded

,

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EJB Application: Archive

, EJB Application: Exploded

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{span:class=shortcut}Web Application: Archive{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}Web Application: Exploded{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}EJB Application: Archive{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}EJB Application: Exploded{span}

, etc). To configure the artifacts, go to

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Project Structure

→ Artifacts

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→

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{span:class=shortcut}Artifacts{span}

.

If you use

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Maven

or Gradle

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or

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, you don’t need to configure the artifacts manually. The IDE automatically synchronizes them with the artifacts defined in your build files.

4. Run configurations

A

Run configuration

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defines how the artifacts are deployed to the server. IntelliJ IDEA has two types of Run configurations:

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Local

and

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Remote

. The Local

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and

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. The

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run configuration starts a new instance of the server and deploys artifacts there. The Remote

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run configuration deploys the artifacts to an already running standalone server.

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Each application server may have a different set of parameters in a

Run configuration

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.

One important parameter here is

On ‘update’ action

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, which defines how to update the application when you use the Update

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{span:class=shortcut}Update{span}

action via

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Ctrl

+

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F10

(

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Cmd

+ F10

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{span:class=shortcut}Ctrl{span}

+

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{span:class=shortcut}F10{span}

(

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+

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for Mac). Based on your choice, the IDE can

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update resources

,

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update classes and resources

, or

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redeploy

or restart the server

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{span:class=shortcut}update resources{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}update classes and resources{span}

, or

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{span:class=shortcut}redeploy{span}

or

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{span:class=shortcut}restart the server{span}

. Turn off the Show dialog

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checkbox if you don’t like to see the dialog each time you update the application. This is a great time-saver when you update your application very frequently.

Another important parameter is the

On frame deactivation

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, which defines how to update the application when you switch from the IDE, say to a browser. Based on these settings, the IDE can

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update resources

,

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update classes and resources

, or do nothing

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{span:class=shortcut}update resources{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}update classes and resources{span}

, or

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. This setting may be very useful when you’d like to have your application updated automatically each time when you switch to a browser.

Keep in mind that update resources and update classes and resources options are available only for the

Exploded

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artifact type. For the Archive

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artifact type use the common HotSwap

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.

By default, the IDE runs the application server using the project JRE. However, you can always choose to use an alternative JRE.

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By default, the IDE automatically builds the artifacts before deploying. However you can change it using the

Before launch

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group in the Run configuration

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{span:class=shortcut}Run configuration{span}

dialog.

A

Remote

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run configuration has additional parameters such as the host/port of the server you’d like to deploy your artifacts to.

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5. Run and debug application

Once a

Run configuration

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is created, you can run or debug your application via the

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Toolbar

, Run

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{span:class=shortcut}Toolbar{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}Run{span}

menu, or the shortcuts:

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Run

via

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Shift

+

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F10

,

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Debug

via

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Shift

+ F9

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{span:class=shortcut}Run{span}

via

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{span:class=shortcut}Shift{span}

+

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{span:class=shortcut}F10{span}

,

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{span:class=shortcut}Debug{span}

via

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{span:class=shortcut}Shift{span}

+

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{span:class=shortcut}F9{span}

.

6. Update and HotSwap

When you need to apply changes in the code to a running application, we recommend using the

Update

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action via

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Ctrl

+

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F10

(

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Cmd

+ F10

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{span:class=shortcut}Ctrl{span}

+

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{span:class=shortcut}F10{span}

(

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{span:class=shortcut}Cmd{span}

+

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{span:class=shortcut}F10{span}

for Mac). As mentioned above, the Update

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action is only available for the Exploded

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artifact type. Based on your choice, it can

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update resources

or update classes and resources

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{span:class=shortcut}update resources{span}

or

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{span:class=shortcut}update classes and resources{span}

. When the Update

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action is applied in the Debug

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mode, it uses the HotSwap

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; otherwise, it uses the Hot redeployment

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.

If you use the

Archive

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artifact type you can only rely on the HotSwap

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, which is done automatically when you are in the Debug

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mode.

7. Build artifacts

You can always ask the IDE to build your artifacts on via the

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Build

→ Build artifacts

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→

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action.

8. Application servers tool window

Each

Run configuration

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is shown in the Application servers

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tool window, along with the server and artifacts state. This tool window also helps you easily

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Run

/Stop

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{span:class=shortcut}Run{span}

/

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{span:class=shortcut}Stop{span}

the server and

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Deploy

/

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Undeploy

/Configure

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{span:class=shortcut}Deploy{span}

/

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{span:class=shortcut}Undeploy{span}

/

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{span:class=shortcut}Configure{span}

artifacts.

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See also Getting Started with Java EE 7 and GlassFish 4.0 on how to create, configure, deploy and debug Java EE 7 application using GlassFish 4.0.

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