Deploying a WAR in Jetty

Here's how to deploy a WAR file in Jetty using the Ubuntu Jetty package:

Install Jetty:

sudo apt-get install jetty -y

edit /etc/default/jetty so the 4th line reads

NO_START=0

To start Jetty:

sudo /etc/init.d/jetty start

go to http://localhost:8080/

To stop Jetty:

sudo /etc/init.d/jetty stop

To list all commands:

/etc/init.d/jetty6 help

To deploy a WAR file, copy it into

/usr/share/jetty/webapps

and restart the server. The root URL of the web app will be http://localhost:8080/warfilename/ where warfilename is the name of your war file.

Links:

Newbie Guide to Jetty

Jetty Debian package documentation

JNDI in Jetty