Executable war file that starts jetty without maven

Question

I\'m trying to make an \"executable\" war file (java -jar myWarFile.war) that will start up a Jetty webserver that hosts the webapp contained in the WAR file I

Answer 1

We have figured this out by using jetty-console-maven-plugin.

Whenever you run mvn package it creates another war that can be used with java -jar whateverpackage-runnable.war

        
            org.simplericity.jettyconsole
            jetty-console-maven-plugin
            1.45
            
                
                    
                        createconsole
                    
                
            

            
                
                    
                        jetty-console-requestlog-plugin
                    
                    
                        jetty-console-gzip-plugin
                    
                    
                        jetty-console-ajp-plugin
                    
                    
                        jetty-console-startstop-plugin
                    
                
            
        

It also generates the init.d scripts and everything for you!