IntelliJ Application Servers Greyed Out

If you ever come across the problem of the IntelliJ Application Servers menu greyed out like this:

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This is simply because you need at least one Run Configuration.

I’m using JBoss just now so here’s what I do to add a run config:

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Once this is done you can now see your application servers tools window menu item becomes enabled.

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