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= {Thorntail} Microprofile server

https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.microprofile[MicroProfile] is a project aimed at optimizing Enterpise Java for the microservices architecture.

{Thorntail} implements https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.microprofile/releases/microprofile-2.2[MicroProfile 2.2] and provides a stand-alone MicroProfile server that you can use to deploy compliant WAR applications.

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== Download

Download the server from https://search.maven.org/artifact/io.thorntail.servers/microprofile/{version}/jar[Maven Central].
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== Usage

To start the server, execute the following command:

[source,bash]
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$ java -jar microprofile-{version}-hollow-thorntail.jar myapp.war
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