How To Install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7.
What is jetty-websocket-server
Jetty is a 100% Java HTTP Server and Servlet Container. This means that you do not need to configure and run a separate web server (like Apache) in order to use Java, servlets and JSPs to generate dynamic content. Jetty is a fully featured web server for static and dynamic content. Unlike separate server/container solutions, this means that your web server and web application run in the same process, without interconnection overheads and complications. Furthermore, as a pure java component, Jetty can be simply included in your application for demonstration, distribution or deployment. Jetty is available on all Java supported platforms. This package contains websocket-server module for Jetty.
We can use yum or dnf to install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jetty-websocket-server.
Install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jetty-websocket-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jetty-websocket-server
Install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jetty-websocket-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jetty-websocket-server
How To Uninstall jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the jetty-websocket-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jetty-websocket-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty-websocket-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
