Jetty Configuration

This article covers in depth the configuration of Jetty on Javelin as relevant to the CLACI project.

The following changes have been made to the server:

Installation of Jetty

Jetty v9.3.9 is currently installed at /opt/jetty

Jetty is registered as a service in /etc/init.d/, and can be controlled using the following commands:

The most important (from our perspective) subdirectories/files within /opt/jetty/ are the following:

Subdirectory/File	Purpose
bin/	contains jetty.sh, which is the script that is invoked when the service command (described above) is used
etc/	contains XML files that form a superset of all configuration options that Jetty is capable of using
demo-base/	contains demo projects that ship with Jetty
fedora/	this is our custom-created directory, i.e. a "Jetty Base" (also pointed to by environment variable $JETTY_BASE) which contains a full context of files and resources needed to run Fedora as a web app
start.jar	this is the JAR file that is eventually parameterized and excecuted when Jetty is started

The following environment variables have been applied globally (i.e. in /etc/environment)