This article explores the key differences between the modern Eclipse GlassFish and its predecessor, Oracle GlassFish and older Eclipse GlassFish versions.
This is no longer your father’s GlassFish.
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Our article on Levelling up from Payara provides an in-depth comparison with Payara Server that highlights GlassFish’s advantages in terms of update frequency, feature completeness, and commercial support. omnifish.ee/level-up-from-p...
OmniPersistence and OptimusFaces finally reach 1.0 🕺💃
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Security is paramount in enterprise apps. GlassFish 8 delivers more flexible authentication options with the new version of Jakarta Security. It goes beyond the standard Jakarta EE features and enhances integration between MicroProfile JWT and Jakarta Security to allow for even greater flexibility.
GlassFish 8 embraces the future of concurrency in Java with support for virtual threads in its HTTP thread pools and Managed Executors. This allows a massive number of concurrent requests with minimal overhead, leading to significant improvements in scalability and performance.
GlassFish 8.0 Delivers Compatibility with Jakarta EE 11, Enhanced Security and Improved Data Access
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We’re excited to announce our partnership with Eclipse Tradista, an open-source trading and position management platform built on Jakarta EE.
Tradista is a sophisticated financial platform handling complex trading workflows, positions and risk management.
A groundbreaking addition in GlassFish 8 is the support for Jakarta Data repositories, a new specification that dramatically simplifies data access.
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For those seeking a stable, open, and innovative alternative to Payara, with clear independence, transparency and reasonably priced support, we believe Eclipse GlassFish is an excellent choice. Learn more about how GlassFish compares to Payara in this article:
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OmniHai 1.0 released! ♾
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AI multi-provider chat, text analysis, and content moderation in Jakarta EE / MP 🦾
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Azul’s purchase of Payara and entry into the Jakarta EE space is a positive sign. With significant resources and a long history in the Java ecosystem, Azul has the potential to meaningfully contribute to the Jakarta EE standards and community.
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As the Core GlassFish engineers, with years of experience in Jakarta EE technologies, OmniFish offers unmatched expertise in resolving GlassFish issues, optimizing server performance, and providing customized solutions. omnifish.ee/glassfish-support/
GlassFish and #JakartaEE, rethink the cloud with Nanos Unikernel
With Nanos you remove:
Linux
The container runtime
Kubernetes
You keep scaling, upgrades, and isolation
You gain a runtime lighter, faster, and more efficient than containers
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Recently we added MicroProfile Health, a completely new implementation developed by the OmniFish team. This feature allows apps to expose standardised health check endpoints, which is useful for cloud and Kubernetes deployments where automated health checks are essential.
OmniAI: One API, any AI
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Running your apps with Embedded GlassFish from the command line is a powerful and flexible way to streamline your development and deployment workflow. Watch our video to see a full demonstration and start taking advantage of Embedded GlassFish!
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It’s easier than ever to run applications with GlassFish directly from the command line or from a Docker container, as any standard Java application.
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Next level persistence in Jakarta EE: Jakarta Data and Jakarta NoSQL by Arjan Tijms
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GlassFish 7.1 introduces several new features that expand the platform’s functionality and improve developer experience. Embedded GlassFish is now a production-ready lightweight alternative to GlassFish Server for running microservices from command line and in cloud containers.
Its great to hear positive feedback from our customers:
"Overall, we highly recommend OmniFish for their professionalism, expertise, and outstanding support. We look forward to continuing our partnership with them.”
You can read more on our website: omnifish.ee/customers/
GlassFish:
Runs on Java 11+, up to Java 25
Fast startup, lightweight
Cloud-ready: Docker image, microservice distribution
Highly availability with session replication and Single Sign-On, Built-in monitoring, Centralized admin, Management UI, Database and Messaging management
We provide expert consultancy to assist and accelerate work on projects with Java EE, Jakarta EE, or MicroProfile runtimes like GlassFish, Piranha Cloud, Quarkus, Payara, WildFly, Tomcat, or TomEE.
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An interesting list of artifacts using GlassFish Embedded
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November was the second most active month since GlassFish joined Eclipse. While Omnifish are the most prolific committers, GlassFish draws input from a wide range of experts in the Jakarta EE community. We want to thank everyone for their hard work and expertise.
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GlassFish 8 M15 released!
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Includes support for NoSQL entities in Jakarta Data, and MP TCKs and Jakarta MVC passing.
Final version of GlassFish 8 is next!
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Plug into the GlassFish Community! Join the forum, Slack, StackOverflow Q&A, dev mailing list for updates, support, and deep dives into the app server that drives Jakarta EE. Get involved, ask questions, share fixes!
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With GlassFish 7.1 comes many new features, dozens of fixes and improvements. But also some breaking changes, so make sure to read the release notes here:
github.com/eclipse-ee4j/gla... . Also a big thank you to our new contributors!
Was gambling so big on reactive being the default operation mode maybe not entirely ideal in hindsight?
