Eclipse Jetty keeps asking for webdefault.xml

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I'm deploying all necessary Jetty bundles to an OSGi-container and launch a server instance. Yet although I'm deploying jetty-webapp and the corresponding jar contains the file org\eclipse\jetty\webapp\webdefault.xml, at startup I'm presented the error

java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\eclipse\org\eclipse\jetty\webapp\webdefault.xml

(D:\eclipse is the eclipse installation I'm launching from)

Why isn't Jetty using the file it comes with? When I copy the file from the jar to the requested location, Jetty runs fine - but that can't be a feasible solution.

I wouldn't mind having to provide the file, but then again I don't know how to pass the path to Jetty. The launch happens directly from within an eclipse launch configuration, no maven involved.

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eclipsejettyosgiembedded-jetty

1 Answers

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If you use jetty-osgi-boot.jar, than you have to set the following system properties:

-Djetty.home.bundle=org.eclipse.jetty.osgi.boot
-Djetty.port=8080

The value is the symbolic name of the osgi-boot bundle that contains a default configuration.

More info in the documentation of jetty: http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/framework-jetty-osgi.html

Alternatively you can use the org.apache.felix.http.jetty bundle. You can find information about it here: http://felix.apache.org/documentation/subprojects/apache-felix-http-service.html

Or you can use Pax Web: https://ops4j1.jira.com/wiki/display/paxweb/Advanced+Jetty+Configuration

I used the jetty-osgi before. Nowadays I use the felix stuff as it can be configured via configadmin. Pax-web can also be used via configAdmin. I have not tried it yet but as much as I heard it has its benefits (e.g. better servlet context handling with HTTPService)