Pivotal is providing a supported distribution of normal Java that additionally consists of the Spring Framework and Apache Tomcat. Called the Pivotal Spring Runtime, the product is on the market by yearly subscription, with pricing based mostly on Kubernetes Pods or compute core.
The Pivotal Spring Runtime bundle is being supplied in response to Oracle’s new insurance policies on Java Development Kit (JDK) distribution. Oracle has begun requiring a subscription for business Java assist for mission-critical deployments, after beforehand providing a perpetual license and an annual assist charge.
Components of Pivotal Spring Runtime embrace:
- The Pivotal OpenJDK distribution, with ongoing assist in addition to safety and efficiency updates.
- Support for Spring tasks, together with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Dataflow.
- Support for the Apache Tomcat Java server. Pivotal helps each the open supply Tomcat mission and its personal distribution of Tomcat, the Pivotal tc Server.
Pivotal Spring Runtime offers customers of Pivotal’s Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Data Flow assist for his or her total Java ecosystem, the corporate mentioned. Pivotal Spring Runtime helps Java workloads on Linux and Windows together with naked steel, digital machines, containers, and Kubernetes hosts.
With Pivotal Spring Runtime, Pivotal is providing long-term assist for Java eight and Java 11, with assist extending till 2023. Pivotal Spring Runtime thus presents an alternative choice to Oracle’s well-liked JDK distribution. While Oracle’s is the best-known Java distribution, others have entered the fray as nicely, together with IBM and Azul.
You can obtain Pivotal Spring Runtime from Pivotal Network.
