# Install openliberty-webprofile8 with Homebrew Lightweight open framework for Java (Jakarta EE Web Profile 8). Version 26.0.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:openliberty-webprofile8 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install openliberty-webprofile8 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:openliberty-webprofile8 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 26.0.0.5 - **Source summary:** Lightweight open framework for Java (Jakarta EE Web Profile 8) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EPL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T11:59:56Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - openliberty-webprofile8 (cli) - openliberty-webprofile8 (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: The home of Open Liberty Jakarta EE Web Profile 8 is: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openliberty-webprofile8/libexec - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 26.0.0.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://openliberty.io - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage openliberty-webprofile8 is the Homebrew package for Open Liberty's Java EE/Jakarta EE 8 Web Profile runtime. It targets web applications that need the servlet, REST, CDI, persistence, JSON, validation, security, and related web-tier APIs without the full Jakarta EE platform bundle. ### Project history The package inherits Open Liberty's history: IBM created Liberty in 2012 for a lightweight, configurable Java runtime and opened the code in 2017 as the Open Liberty project. Open Liberty then became a public implementation base for Jakarta EE and MicroProfile while remaining the foundation of WebSphere Liberty. The Web Profile line exists because enterprise Java standards distinguish a smaller web application subset from the full platform. Open Liberty's Web Profile 8.0 feature combines Liberty features that support the Java EE 8.0 Web Profile and is also enabled by the broader `jakartaee-8.0` and `javaee-8.0` platform features. ### Adoption history Web Profile packages fit teams whose applications use common web stack APIs but do not need the full enterprise platform. That made them a lighter standards-compatible target for local development and packaged installs, especially for REST services and traditional WAR deployments. Because Jakarta EE 8 preserved Java EE 8 API compatibility, Web Profile 8 served as a stable bridge for applications before the namespace migration of Jakarta EE 9. ### How it is used A Liberty server enables the Web Profile 8 feature with `webProfile-8.0` in `server.xml`. Open Liberty documents the feature as enabling APIs such as application security, Bean Validation, CDI, EJB Lite, expression language, JAX-RS, JPA, JSF, JSON-B, JSON-P, JSP, Servlet, and WebSocket. The Homebrew formula provides the profile-specific runtime as a local package-manager install. Developers can still use the broader Open Liberty ecosystem of Maven, Gradle, Docker, and Liberty Tools around the same server configuration model. ### Why package nerds care openliberty-webprofile8 is useful metadata because it tells a resolver or human that the install is the web subset of the EE 8 generation, not the full platform. That distinction affects which APIs are present and which applications can run unchanged. It also shows how Homebrew can carry Java runtime variants that package an upstream server around standards profiles, a pattern more precise than a single monolithic `openliberty` formula. ### Timeline - 2012: IBM Liberty was created as a modular Java runtime. - 2017: IBM opened Liberty's source as Open Liberty. - 2019: Jakarta EE 8 continued the Java EE 8 API level under the Eclipse Foundation. - Open Liberty documentation defines `webProfile-8.0` as the Web Profile 8.0 convenience feature and lists `jakartaee-8.0` and `javaee-8.0` as features that include it. ### Related projects - Related packages include openliberty-jakartaee8, WebSphere Liberty, Jakarta EE 8, Java EE 8, and Open Liberty's Maven, Gradle, container, and IDE tooling. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for openliberty-webprofile8. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/server.xml, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/bootstrap.properties, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/server.env, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/jvm.options ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** openliberty-webprofile8 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openliberty-webprofile9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-webprofile9/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [openliberty-jakartaee8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-jakartaee8/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [openliberty-jakartaee9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-jakartaee9/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [openliberty-microprofile4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-microprofile4/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [roadrunner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/roadrunner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [tomcat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tomcat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure, jakarta-ee, java. - [tomee-plume](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tomee-plume/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure, jakarta-ee, java. - [passenger](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/passenger/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/openliberty-webprofile8.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/openliberty-webprofile8.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph