Java: Jetty - Using Jetty Maven Plugin

## Install Apache Maven

## No need for jetty -- the plugin will manage all the stuff

#Create war

C:\test\jettyapp> mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.george.test -DartifactId=jetty-plugin-app  -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false

C:\test\jettyapp> cd jetty-plugin-app

##Add Jetty Maven plugin - edit pom.xml file

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.george.test</groupId>

  <artifactId>jetty-plugin-app</artifactId>

  <packaging>war</packaging>

  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

  <name>jetty-plugin-app Maven Webapp</name>

  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <dependencies>

    <dependency>

      <groupId>junit</groupId>

      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>

      <version>3.8.1</version>

      <scope>test</scope>

    </dependency>

  </dependencies>

  <build>

    <finalName>jetty-plugin-app</finalName>

<plugins>

<plugin>

<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>

<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>

<version>9.3.11.v20160721</version>

</plugin>

</plugins>

  </build>

</project>

## Deploy the app

C:\test\jettyapp\jetty-plugin-app>mvn jetty:run

## Navigate to http://localhost:8080/

Change context path & port

## Edit pom.xml

<build>
    <finalName>jetty-plugin-app</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>9.3.11.v20160721</version>
<configuration>
<webApp>
<contextPath>/testapp</contextPath>
</webApp>
<httpConnector>
<port>8866</port>
</httpConnector>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
  </build>

## Navigate to http://localhost:8866/testapp/