Payara Issues in NB25 - Starting Server / Specifying JDK

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Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 25

What happened

I am not able to start Payara in NetBeans 25 nor am I able to swap JDK's. See recreation steps below.

Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

Java / Jakarta EE / Servers

How to reproduce

1. Download and extract the NetBeans binary zip file.
2. Modify the JDK home in the netbeans.conf to JDK 21.0.5+11 (exact version doesn't really matter).
   netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Development\Java\jdk-21.0.5+11"
3. Execute netbeans64.exe.
4. Install Plugins: Base IDE, HTML5, JavaSE, Java Web and EE, Service Registry, Tools
5. Add Payara Server v6.2025.2 (Tools --> Servers)
6. Window --> Services --> Servers --> Right Click --> Unable to Start Payara

7. Add JDK 17 (Tools --> Java Platforms) (could also be JDK 17.x or 21.x)
8. Unable to swap Java Platforms for Payara Server; DDL is disabled. (Tools --> Servers --> Java)

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

Apache NetBeans 24

Operating System

Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2

JDK

Eclipse Adoptium OpenJDK 21.0.5+11

Apache NetBeans packaging

Apache NetBeans binary zip

Anything else

messages.log

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No

[mpizeli]

i dont know if it will help, same issue with jdk11 and payara 5. Also had 17 on netbeans. removed the 11 and worked