Jetty/Reference/Start Options

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Introduction

When running Jetty from the command line, you can use the OPTIONS argument to enable specific options for Jetty. Here is a detailed breakdown of the various classpath entries pulled in for each option you specify.

Click the arrow in the table header to open the list of which classpath entries Jetty pulls in when you specify an option.

Jetty Start Options

Classpath Entries	*	All	default	Server	ext	resources	server	xml	security	servlet	webapp	deploy	servlets	rewrite	jmx	ajp	slf4j	jsp	jsp-2.1	plus	annotations	client	secure	websocket
/lib/ext/**		X	X		X
/lib/jetty-ajp-*.jar		X														X
/lib/jetty-annotations-*.jar		X																			X
/lib/jetty-annotations/**		X																			X
/lib/jetty-client-*.jar		X																				X
/lib/jetty-continuation-*.jar		X	X	X			X
/lib/jetty-deploy-*.jar		X	X	X								X
/lib/jetty-http-*.jar		X	X	X			X															X
/lib/jetty-io-*.jar	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
/lib/jetty-jmx-*.jar		X													X
/lib/jetty-jndi-*.jar		X																		X
/lib/jetty-jndi/**		X																		X
/lib/jetty-plus-*.jar		X																		X
/lib/jetty-rewrite-*.jar		X												X
/lib/jetty-security-*.jar		X	X	X					X
/lib/jetty-server-*.jar		X	X	X			X
/lib/jetty-servlet-*.jar		X	X	X						X
/lib/jetty-servlets-*.jar		X	X	X									X
/lib/jetty-util-*.jar	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
/lib/jetty-webapp-*.jar		X	X	X							X
/lib/jetty-xml-*.jar		X		X				X
/lib/jetty-websocket-*.jar		X																						X
/lib/jsp-2.1/**		X																X	X
/lib/security/jetty-policy-*.jar		X																					X
/lib/security/jetty.policy		X																					X
/lib/servlet-api-2.5.jar		X	X	X			X			X
/lib/slf4j/**		X															X
/resources		X	X			X

Additional Resources

• How to Run Jetty