Jetty – Installation on Linux

# create download directories
mkdir -p ~/build/jetty
cd ~/build/jetty

# download
version="9.0.0.v20130308"
wget -O jetty-distribution-$version.tar.gz "http://eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/jetty/stable-9/dist/jetty-distribution-$version.tar.gz&r=1"

# extract the archive - creates directory jetty-distribution-....
tar -xvf jetty-distribution-$version.tar.gz

# rename jetty directory
sudo mv jetty-distribution-$version /usr/local

# create jetty user
sudo useradd -U -s /bin/false jetty

# Copy Jetty script to run as service
sudo chown -R jetty:jetty /opt/jetty

# move jetty.sh to init.d
sudo cp /opt/jetty/bin/jetty.sh /etc/init.d/jetty

# create /etc/default/jetty
sudo sh -c ' printf "
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default # Path to Java
NO_START=0 # Start on boot
JETTY_HOST=0.0.0.0 # Listen to all hosts
JETTY_PORT=8080 # Run on this port
JETTY_USER=jetty # Run as this user
" > /etc/default/jetty'

# make webapps writable
sudo chmod o+w /etc/default/jetty/webapps

# check if the installation settings are ok
/opt/jetty/bin/jetty.sh check

# Start Jetty as service
sudo service jetty start

# Start Jetty as service
sudo service jetty stop

# the server runs on the default port of 8080
# http://localhost:8080/
# To let Jetty automatically start on reboot execute
sudo update-rc.d jetty defaults

# deploy an app
cd myapp.war /opt/jetty/webapps

#In case port conflicts, you can check wich application is blocking port 8080
sudo netstat -lnptu|grep ":8080"

# monitor jetty log files
ls -l /opt/jetty/logs

References

1. Home: http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/
2. Documentation: http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/
3. Installation Tip: http://pietervogelaar.nl/ubuntu-12-04-install-jetty-9/