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Jetty - Startup

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Start of Jetty

Command line Syntax

Usage: java -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar [options] [properties] [configs]
       java -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar --help  # for more information

Start

it is not recommended to run Jetty from the JETTY_HOME directory but from a separate {jetty.base} directory 

cd jettyBase
java -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar

This will start the server on http://localhost:8080 as usual from the current directory, or a different directory, simply changing '.' to the path to that directory.

Configuration

List the resolved configuration that will be used to start Jetty. 

java -jar start.jar --list-config

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