Jetty Runner
Run your webapps using a single jar!
If you're looking for a fast and easy way to run your webapp, without needing to install and administer a Jetty distro, then look no further, the Jetty Runner is here! The idea of the Jetty Runner is extremely simple - run a webapp from the command line using a single jar and as much default configuration as possible:
java -jar jetty-runner.jar my.warVoila! Jetty will start on port 8080 and deploy the my.war webapp.
Glassfish and OSGi ... and Jetty?
In one of those cosmic coincidences, no sooner do I blog about OSGi and J2EE containers, but Glassfish announces that they are moving to OSGi.
Jetty and OSGi
A natural fit
OSGi is a standard for modular Java-based services, and as Jetty's guiding principle has always been to be a "good component", there is a natural fit between Jetty and OSGi services. This natural fit is demonstrated by the increasing number of OSGi containers that plug-in Jetty as the OSGi Http service.