Installing and Configuring Jetty

Jetty version 8 is a mandatory component that must be installed and configured on each Workspace Web Edition & Web Services node prior to starting the installation and configuration of Workspace Web Edition & Web Services.

Important

For more information about Jetty, refer to the Jetty documentation.

Prerequisites

• You have installed the latest Java 1.7 JDK 64bit for Linux. For more information, refer to the Java documentation.

Start of Procedure

1. Download Jetty version 8 from Eclipse.
2. Copy the Jetty archive to the installation directory. For example, /opt/jetty
   
3. Use a tar utility to extract the files. For example, tar -zxvf jetty-distribution-8.1.14.v20131031.tar.gz
   
4. Start Jetty to confirm it has been installed correctly:

[java_path]/java -jar [jetty_path]/start.jar 

• [java_path] — The path to your Java installation. For example, /user/bin.
• [jetty_path] — The path to your Jetty installation. For example, /opt/jetty.

Test Jetty by entering the following URL in a web browser: http://[host]:8080

• [host] — The host name (fully qualified domain name) or IP address where you installed Jetty.

You should see a Jetty Test application page similar to the following:

Jetty test application page

Stop Jetty by pressing Ctrl+c.

End of Procedure