How to deploy a WAR file to jetty without using sudo?

Nicholas Saunders

12/9/22, 2:24 AM

deploying this specific war file to jetty is somewhat awkward:

nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ sudo cp build/libs/x.war /var/lib/jetty9/webapps/ -v
'build/libs/x.war' -> '/var/lib/jetty9/webapps/x.war'
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ lynx localhost:8081/x --dump
   fron netbeans
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ cp build/libs/x.war /var/lib/jetty9/webapps/ -v
'build/libs/x.war' -> '/var/lib/jetty9/webapps/x.war'
cp: cannot create regular file '/var/lib/jetty9/webapps/x.war': Permission denied
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ uname -a
Linux mordor 5.11.0-25-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 9 23:06:29 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$

So, tried as:

nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ java -jar /usr/share/jetty9/start.jar build/libs/x.war 
ERROR : Unrecognized argument: "build/libs/x.war" in <command-line>

Usage: java -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar [options] [properties] [configs]
       java -jar $JETTY_HOME/start.jar --help  # for more information
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ 
nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$ echo $JETTY_HOME

nicholas@mordor:~/NetBeansProjects/x$

I would expect apt to somewhat configure the environment a bit more when installing jetty.

1.) what should $JETTY_HOME get set to? 2.) how should it be set so that the environment variable persists?

Hmm, not seeing a jetty-runner.jar file from dpkg to run a war file as it's no longer part of jetty itself but must be compiled separately.

What's a work-around to deploy a war file without resorting to sudo?

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EN: How to deploy a WAR file to jetty without using sudo?

TH: จะปรับใช้ไฟล์ WAR กับท่าเทียบเรือโดยไม่ใช้ sudo ได้อย่างไร

RO: Cum să implementezi un fișier WAR pe debarcader fără a utiliza sudo?

RU: Как развернуть файл WAR на пристани без использования sudo?

VI: Làm cách nào để triển khai tệp WAR tới cầu cảng mà không cần sử dụng sudo?

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