Change Jetty default port

Question

Jetty default port is 8080, but I want to change to default port to some other port (9999).

I read a few tutorials and they said almost all of configuration information is by default maintained in file jetty.xml, this file is located under $JETTY_HOME/etc/. Then, change property jetty.port to 9999. However, when I opened up that file, I couldn't find jetty.port property inside the jetty.xml. I'm currently using Jetty-9.2.1 and the port is at 8080.

I found jetty.port property under jetty-http.xml file. Even though I changed the port to 8090 in the jetty-http.xml file, jetty is still running at port 8080.

jetty.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Jetty//Configure//EN" "http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/configure_9_0.dtd">  <!-- =============================================================== --> <!-- Documentation of this file format can be found at:              --> <!-- http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Reference/jetty.xml_syntax        --> <!--                                                                 --> <!-- Additional configuration files are available in $JETTY_HOME/etc --> <!-- and can be mixed in. See start.ini file for the default         --> <!-- configuration files.                                            --> <!--                                                                 --> <!-- For a description of the configuration mechanism, see the       --> <!-- output of:                                                      --> <!--   java -jar start.jar -?                                        --> <!-- =============================================================== -->  <!-- =============================================================== --> <!-- Configure a Jetty Server instance with an ID "Server"           --> <!-- Other configuration files may also configure the "Server"       --> <!-- ID, in which case they are adding configuration to the same     --> <!-- instance.  If other configuration have a different ID, they     --> <!-- will create and configure another instance of Jetty.            --> <!-- Consult the javadoc of o.e.j.server.Server for all              --> <!-- configuration that may be set here.                             --> <!-- =============================================================== --> <Configure id="Server" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server">      <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- Configure the Server Thread Pool.                           -->     <!-- The server holds a common thread pool which is used by      -->     <!-- default as the executor used by all connectors and servlet  -->     <!-- dispatches.                                                 -->     <!--                                                             -->     <!-- Configuring a fixed thread pool is vital to controlling the -->     <!-- maximal memory footprint of the server and is a key tuning  -->     <!-- parameter for tuning.  In an application that rarely blocks -->     <!-- then maximal threads may be close to the number of 5*CPUs.  -->     <!-- In an application that frequently blocks, then maximal      -->     <!-- threads should be set as high as possible given the memory  -->     <!-- available.                                                  -->     <!--                                                             -->     <!-- Consult the javadoc of o.e.j.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool   -->     <!-- for all configuration that may be set here.                 -->     <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- uncomment to change type of threadpool     <Arg name="threadpool"><New id="threadpool" class="org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool"/></Arg>     -->     <Get name="ThreadPool">       <Set name="minThreads" type="int"><Property name="threads.min" default="10"/></Set>       <Set name="maxThreads" type="int"><Property name="threads.max" default="200"/></Set>       <Set name="idleTimeout" type="int"><Property name="threads.timeout" default="60000"/></Set>       <Set name="detailedDump">false</Set>     </Get>      <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- Add shared Scheduler instance                               -->     <!-- =========================================================== -->     <Call name="addBean">       <Arg>         <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ScheduledExecutorScheduler"/>       </Arg>     </Call>      <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- Http Configuration.                                         -->     <!-- This is a common configuration instance used by all         -->     <!-- connectors that can carry HTTP semantics (HTTP, HTTPS, SPDY)-->     <!-- It configures the non wire protocol aspects of the HTTP     -->     <!-- semantic.                                                   -->     <!--                                                             -->     <!-- This configuration is only defined here and is used by      -->     <!-- reference from the jetty-http.xml, jetty-https.xml and      -->     <!-- jetty-spdy.xml configuration files which instantiate the    -->     <!-- connectors.                                                 -->     <!--                                                             -->     <!-- Consult the javadoc of o.e.j.server.HttpConfiguration       -->     <!-- for all configuration that may be set here.                 -->     <!-- =========================================================== -->     <New id="httpConfig" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration">       <Set name="secureScheme">https</Set>       <Set name="securePort"><Property name="jetty.secure.port" default="8443" /></Set>       <Set name="outputBufferSize"><Property name="jetty.output.buffer.size" default="32768" /></Set>       <Set name="requestHeaderSize"><Property name="jetty.request.header.size" default="8192" /></Set>       <Set name="responseHeaderSize"><Property name="jetty.response.header.size" default="8192" /></Set>       <Set name="sendServerVersion"><Property name="jetty.send.server.version" default="true" /></Set>       <Set name="sendDateHeader"><Property name="jetty.send.date.header" default="false" /></Set>       <Set name="headerCacheSize">512</Set>       <!-- Uncomment to enable handling of X-Forwarded- style headers       <Call name="addCustomizer">         <Arg><New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ForwardedRequestCustomizer"/></Arg>       </Call>       -->     </New>       <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- Set the default handler structure for the Server            -->     <!-- A handler collection is used to pass received requests to   -->     <!-- both the ContextHandlerCollection, which selects the next   -->     <!-- handler by context path and virtual host, and the           -->     <!-- DefaultHandler, which handles any requests not handled by   -->     <!-- the context handlers.                                       -->     <!-- Other handlers may be added to the "Handlers" collection,   -->     <!-- for example the jetty-requestlog.xml file adds the          -->     <!-- RequestLogHandler after the default handler                 -->     <!-- =========================================================== -->     <Set name="handler">       <New id="Handlers" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection">         <Set name="handlers">          <Array type="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler">            <Item>              <New id="Contexts" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection"/>            </Item>            <Item>              <New id="DefaultHandler" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.DefaultHandler"/>            </Item>          </Array>         </Set>       </New>     </Set>      <!-- =========================================================== -->     <!-- extra server options                                        -->     <!-- =========================================================== -->     <Set name="stopAtShutdown">true</Set>     <Set name="stopTimeout">5000</Set>     <Set name="dumpAfterStart"><Property name="jetty.dump.start" default="false"/></Set>     <Set name="dumpBeforeStop"><Property name="jetty.dump.stop" default="false"/></Set>  </Configure> 

jetty-http.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Jetty//Configure//EN" "http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/configure_9_0.dtd">  <!-- ============================================================= --> <!-- Configure the Jetty Server instance with an ID "Server"       --> <!-- by adding a HTTP connector.                                   --> <!-- This configuration must be used in conjunction with jetty.xml --> <!-- ============================================================= --> <Configure id="Server" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server">    <!-- =========================================================== -->   <!-- Add a HTTP Connector.                                       -->   <!-- Configure an o.e.j.server.ServerConnector with a single     -->   <!-- HttpConnectionFactory instance using the common httpConfig  -->   <!-- instance defined in jetty.xml                               -->   <!--                                                             -->   <!-- Consult the javadoc of o.e.j.server.ServerConnector and     -->   <!-- o.e.j.server.HttpConnectionFactory for all configuration    -->   <!-- that may be set here.                                       -->   <!-- =========================================================== -->   <Call name="addConnector">     <Arg>       <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector">         <Arg name="server"><Ref refid="Server" /></Arg>         <Arg name="factories">           <Array type="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ConnectionFactory">             <Item>               <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory">                 <Arg name="config"><Ref refid="httpConfig" /></Arg>               </New>             </Item>           </Array>         </Arg>         <Set name="host"><Property name="jetty.host" /></Set>         <Set name="port"><Property name="jetty.port" default="8090" /></Set>         <Set name="idleTimeout"><Property name="http.timeout" default="30000"/></Set>         <Set name="soLingerTime"><Property name="http.soLingerTime" default="-1"/></Set>       </New>     </Arg>   </Call>  </Configure> 

I was also advised to use an integration test to configure Jetty to use other port. There's a integration-tests.properties file inside the project. Maybe a solution is to set jetty.port to 9999 inside this file?

integration-tests.properties:

host = localhost port = 9999 

Answer 1

does it work if you set the port when you start it from the command line like this:

java -jar start.jar -Djetty.port=9999 

Answer 2

Update:

On Jetty 9.x, jetty.port has been deprecated and you can use jetty.http.port instead, as shown below:

$> cd $JETTY_HOME && java -jar start.jar -Djetty.http.port=8080