How to jetty on Debian

This tutorial is about how to install the jetty servlet engine on Debian.
To install jetty, type on the shell:

sudo apt-get install jetty libjetty-java libjetty-extra libjetty-extra-java

after installation, edit the file:

/etc/default/jetty

modify the line:

NO_START=1

to be:

NO_START=0

To listen to connections from localhost uncomment the line:

JETTY_HOST=$(uname -n)

The jetty home directory is in the sharable folder of the user binaries:

/usr/share/jetty

To stop jetty, type on the shell:

/etc/init.d/jetty stop

To start jetty, type on the shell:

/etc/init.d/jetty start

To deploy a web app, copy the WAR file to the folder

/var/lib/jetty/webapps

To configure the jetty server, edit the file:

/etc/jetty/jetty.xml