Eclipse Jetty 12 lightweight Java Servlet container on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg. A slim, embeddable HTTP server and Servlet container for Java microservices, pre-deployed with a demo Servlet proving real dynamic execution. Runs on OpenJDK 21 as a systemd service, application data on a dedicated data disk. EPL-2.0/Apache-2.0 dual licensed.
Eclipse Jetty is a lightweight, embeddable HTTP server and Servlet/JSP container - the standalone runtime teams reach for when Tomcat or WildFly are too heavy for a single Java microservice. The cloudimg image installs the pinned Jetty 12 distribution on OpenJDK 21, running as a dedicated jetty system user under systemd, with webapps and logs on a dedicated 20 GiB Azure data disk so application state survives OS changes. A minimal demo Servlet ships pre-deployed, returning a live timestamp on every request to prove the container is executing real dynamic code rather than serving static files. Deploy your own WAR by dropping it into the webapps directory - Jetty hot-deploys automatically. Jetty has no admin web console of its own, so this image ships without a browser-based UI; manage it via the command line and systemd. An unauthenticated /healthz endpoint is provided for Azure Load Balancer probes. EPL-2.0/Apache-2.0 dual licensed. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.