# Building JARs on-server with a Buildfile

You can build your application's class files and JAR(s) on the EC2 instances in your environment by invoking a build command from a `Buildfile` file in your source bundle.
Commands in a `Buildfile` are only run once and must terminate upon completion, whereas commands in a [Procfile](java-se-procfile.md) are expected to run for the life of the application and will be restarted if they terminate. To run the JARs in your application, use a `Procfile`.
For details about the placement and syntax of a `Buildfile`, see [Buildfile and Procfile](platforms-linux-extend.build-proc.md).
The following `Buildfile` example runs Apache Maven to build a web application from source code. For a sample application that uses this feature, see [Java web application samples](java-getstarted.md#java-getstarted-samples).
**Example Buildfile** 
```
build: mvn assembly:assembly -DdescriptorId=jar-with-dependencies
```
The Java SE platform includes the following build tools, which you can invoke from your build script:
+ `javac` – Java compiler
+ `ant` – Apache Ant
+ `mvn` – Apache Maven
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