Application servers

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate provides integration with various application servers, enabling you to start and stop local servers, connect to running remote servers, and deploy your artifacts on those servers. You can also debug your application right from the IDE.

By default, plugins that add support for the following application servers are bundled and enabled in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate:

You can install additional plugins with support for other application servers, for example:

Jetty	plugin
WebLogic	plugin
WebSphere	plugin
Resin	plugin
Virgo (previously dm Server)	plugin

To get started with application servers in IntelliJ IDEA, see Tutorial: Your first Java EE application.

Enable the Jakarta EE: Application Servers plugin

This functionality relies on the Jakarta EE: Application Servers plugin, which is bundled and enabled in IntelliJ IDEA by default. If the relevant features are not available, make sure that you did not disable the plugin.

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Plugins.
Open the Installed tab, find the Jakarta EE: Application Servers plugin, and select the checkbox next to the plugin name.

Get started with an application server

Let IntelliJ IDEA know where the server is installed.
For more information, see Integration with application servers.
Create and launch an application server run configuration.
For more information, see Application server run configurations.

Last modified: 21 February 2023