Re: [basex-talk] Stopping the http server

Hi France,

I don't think this is possible using the BaseX start script. However, is there any particular reason why you wouldn't use the command you cited here from the documentation?

The problem in this case with the BaseX start script is that BaseX starts Jetty as an embedded service and I don't think we have a mechanism in this to pass on parameters to Jetty. However, using the jetty-runner you can achieve the same result, just the other way round: you start jetty and embed Jetty. This way you can also add the necessary starting parameters to Jetty.

Of course you are also free to write a shell script like the BaseX start scripts to simplify startup.

Cheers, Dirk

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On 05/08/2016 08:12 PM, France Baril wrote:

Hi,

A client of mine has multiple users who are able to start/stop the server. The issue though is that the person who starts the server is the only one who can stop it.

Some research led to this site that explains how to use secret keys to allow for stopping the server http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/runner.html.

Configuring stop

You can configure a port number for jetty to listen on for a stop
command, so you are able to stop it from a different terminal.
This requires the use of a "secret" key, to prevent malicious or
accidental termination. Use the --stop-port and --stop-key
parameters as arguments to the jetty-runner:

> java -jar jetty-runner.jar --stop-port 8181 --stop-key abc123> java -jar jetty-runner.jar --stop-port 8181 --stop-key abc123

Then, to stop jetty from a different terminal, you need to supply
the same port and key information. For this you’ll either need a
local installation of jetty, the jetty-maven-plugin
<http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/jetty-maven-plugin.html>,
the jetty-ant plugin
<http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/ant-and-jetty.html#jetty-ant>,
or write a custom class. Here’s how to use a jetty installation to
perform a stop:

> java -jar start.jar --stop-port 8181 --stop-key abc123 --stop> java -jar start.jar --stop-port 8181 --stop-key abc123 --stop

In our case, Jetty is started through the BaseX start script. Is there any way we can use a secret key as explained above through the BaseX start/stop server scripts?

Thanks!

-- France Baril Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect france.baril@architextus.com mailto:france.baril@architextus.com

-- France Baril Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect france.baril@architextus.com mailto:france.baril@architextus.com