diff --git a/ide/che-core-ide-stacks/src/main/resources/stacks.json b/ide/che-core-ide-stacks/src/main/resources/stacks.json
index e618701d9a3..b99c96833fa 100644
--- a/ide/che-core-ide-stacks/src/main/resources/stacks.json
+++ b/ide/che-core-ide-stacks/src/main/resources/stacks.json
@@ -830,6 +830,170 @@
       "mediaType": "image/svg+xml"
     }
   },
+  {
+    "id": "java-maven",
+    "creator": "ide",
+    "name": "Java Maven",
+    "description": "Default Java Stack with OpenJKD 11 and Maven 3.6",
+    "scope": "general",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "OpenJDK",
+      "Maven",
+      "Spring Boot v2",
+      "Vert.x",
+      "Debian"
+    ],
+    "components": [
+      {
+         "name": "Debian",
+         "version": "9.8"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "OpenJDK",
+        "version": "11.0.2"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Maven",
+        "version": "3.6.0"
+      }
+    ],
+    "workspaceConfig": {
+      "environments": {
+        "default": {
+          "machines": {
+            "maven-container": {
+              "servers": {
+                "8080/tcp": {
+                  "port": "8080",
+                  "protocol": "http"
+                }
+              },
+              "attributes": {
+                "memoryLimitBytes": "512000000",
+                "containerCommand": "['sleep']",
+                "containerArgs": "['infinity']"
+              },
+              "volumes": {
+                "m2": {
+                  "path": "/home/user/.m2"
+                },
+                "projects": {
+                  "path": "/projects"
+                }
+              },
+              "env": {
+                "MAVEN_CONFIG": "/home/user/.m2",
+                "MAVEN_OPTS": "-XX:MaxRAM=150m -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xms20m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom",
+                "JAVA_OPTS": "-XX:MaxRAM=150m -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xms20m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom",
+                "PS1": "$(echo ${0})\\$ ",
+                "HOME": "/home/user"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "recipe": {
+            "content": "maven:3.6.0-jdk-11",
+            "type": "dockerimage"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "name": "default",
+      "defaultEnv": "default",
+      "description": null,
+      "attributes": {
+        "plugins": "che-machine-exec-plugin:0.0.1,org.eclipse.che.vscode-redhat.java:0.38.0",
+        "editor": "org.eclipse.che.editor.theia:next",
+        "sidecar.org.eclipse.che.vscode-redhat.java.memory_limit": "1500Mi",
+        "sidecar.org.eclipse.che.editor.theia.memory_limit": "512Mi"
+      },
+      "commands": []
+    },
+    "stackIcon": {
+      "name": "type-che7.svg",
+      "mediaType": "image/svg+xml"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "java-gradle",
+    "creator": "ide",
+    "name": "Java Gradle",
+    "description": "Java Stack with OpenJDK 11 and Gradle 5.2.1",
+    "scope": "general",
+    "tags": [
+      "Java",
+      "OpenJDK",
+      "Gradle",
+      "Spring Boot v2",
+      "Debian"
+    ],
+    "components": [
+      {
+        "name": "Debian",
+        "version": "9.8"
+     },
+     {
+        "name": "OpenJDK",
+        "version": "11.0.2"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Gradle",
+        "version": "5.2.1"
+      }
+    ],
+    "workspaceConfig": {
+      "environments": {
+        "default": {
+          "machines": {
+            "gradle-container": {
+              "servers": {
+                "8080/tcp": {
+                  "port": "8080",
+                  "protocol": "http"
+                }
+              },
+              "attributes": {
+                "memoryLimitBytes": "512000000",
+                "containerCommand": "['sleep']",
+                "containerArgs": "['infinity']"
+              },
+              "volumes": {
+                "gradle": {
+                  "path": "/home/user/.gradle"
+                },
+                "projects": {
+                  "path": "/projects"
+                }
+              },
+              "env": {
+                "GRADLE_USER_HOME": "/home/user/.gradle",
+                "JAVA_OPTS": "-XX:MaxRAM=150m -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xms20m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom",
+                "PS1": "$(echo ${0})\\$ ",
+                "HOME": "/home/user"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "recipe": {
+            "content": "gradle:5.2.1-jdk11",
+            "type": "dockerimage"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "name": "default",
+      "defaultEnv": "default",
+      "description": null,
+      "attributes": {
+        "plugins": "che-machine-exec-plugin:0.0.1,org.eclipse.che.vscode-redhat.java:0.38.0",
+        "editor": "org.eclipse.che.editor.theia:next",
+        "sidecar.org.eclipse.che.vscode-redhat.java.memory_limit": "1500Mi",
+        "sidecar.org.eclipse.che.editor.theia.memory_limit": "512Mi"
+      },
+      "commands": []
+    },
+    "stackIcon": {
+      "name": "type-che7.svg",
+      "mediaType": "image/svg+xml"
+    }
+  },
   {
     "id": "blank-default",
     "creator": "ide",
diff --git a/ide/che-core-ide-templates/src/main/resources/samples.json b/ide/che-core-ide-templates/src/main/resources/samples.json
index 64b7fd41747..9b806570026 100644
--- a/ide/che-core-ide-templates/src/main/resources/samples.json
+++ b/ide/che-core-ide-templates/src/main/resources/samples.json
@@ -554,9 +554,7 @@
     "links": [],
     "category": "Samples",
     "tags": [
-      "maven",
-      "spring",
-      "java"
+      "tomcat"
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -762,18 +760,36 @@
     },
     "commands": [
       {
-        "name": "build",
+        "name": "maven build",
         "type": "mvn",
-        "commandLine": "mvn -f ${current.project.path} clean install",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/console-java-simple clean install",
         "attributes": {
           "previewUrl": "",
           "goal": "Build"
         }
       },
       {
-        "name": "run",
+        "name": "maven build and run",
         "type": "mvn",
-        "commandLine": "mvn -f ${current.project.path} clean install \njava -jar ${current.project.path}/target/*.jar",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/console-java-simple clean install \njava -jar ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/console-java-simple/target/*.jar",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Run"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "gradle build",
+        "type": "gralde",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/console-java-simple; gradle build",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Build"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "gradle run",
+        "type": "gradle",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/console-java-simple; gradle run",
         "attributes": {
           "previewUrl": "",
           "goal": "Run"
@@ -784,7 +800,8 @@
     "category": "Samples",
     "tags": [
       "java",
-      "maven"
+      "maven",
+      "gradle"
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -904,7 +921,26 @@
       "location": "https://github.com/openshiftio-vertx-boosters/vertx-http-booster",
       "parameters": {}
     },
-    "commands": [],
+    "commands": [
+      {
+        "name": "build",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/vertx-http-booster clean package",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Build"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "run",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/vertx-http-booster vertx:run",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "${server.8080/tcp}",
+          "goal": "Run"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
     "links": [],
     "category": "Samples",
     "tags": [
@@ -930,7 +966,26 @@
       "location": "https://github.com/openshiftio-vertx-boosters/vertx-health-checks-booster",
       "parameters": {}
     },
-    "commands": [],
+    "commands": [
+      {
+        "name": "build",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/vertx-health-checks-booster; mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} clean package",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Build"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "run",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/vertx-health-checks-booster; mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} vertx:run",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "${server.8080/tcp}",
+          "goal": "Run"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
     "links": [],
     "category": "Samples",
     "tags": [
@@ -989,6 +1044,69 @@
       "spring boot"
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "name": "spring-boot-gs-rest-service",
+    "displayName": "spring-boot-gs-rest-service",
+    "path": "/gs-rest-service",
+    "description": "Spring Boot Guide to build a RESTful web service",
+    "projectType": "maven",
+    "mixins": [],
+    "attributes": {
+      "language": [
+        "java"
+      ]
+    },
+    "modules": [],
+    "problems": [],
+    "source": {
+      "type": "git",
+      "location": "https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-rest-service",
+      "parameters": {}
+    },
+    "commands": [
+      {
+        "name": "mvn build",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gs-rest-service/complete clean package",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Build"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "mvn run",
+        "type": "mvn",
+        "commandLine": "mvn -Duser.home=${HOME} -f ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gs-rest-service/complete spring-boot:run",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "${server.8080/tcp}/greeting",
+          "goal": "Run"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "gradle build",
+        "type": "gralde",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gs-rest-service/complete; gradle build",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Build"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "gradle run",
+        "type": "gradle",
+        "commandLine": "cd ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gs-rest-service/complete; gradle bootRun",
+        "attributes": {
+          "previewUrl": "",
+          "goal": "Run"
+        }
+      }      
+    ],
+    "links": [],
+    "category": "Samples",
+    "tags": [
+      "Spring Boot v2"
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "name": "wfswarm-rest-http",
     "displayName": "wfswarm-rest-http",