UnixDomain sockets support was added in Jetty 9.4.0, back in 2015, based on the JNR UnixSocket library. The support for UnixDomain sockets with JNR was experimental, and has remained so until now. In Jetty 10.0.7/11.0.7 we re-implemented support for UnixDomain
Introducing Jetty Load Generator

The Jetty Project just released the Jetty Load Generator, a Java 11+ library to load-test any HTTP server, that supports both HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2. The project was born in 2016, with specific requirements. At the time, very few load-test tools
Reactive HttpClient 1.1.5, 2.0.0 and 3.0.0

Following the releases of Eclipse Jetty 10.0.0 and 11.0.0, the Reactive HttpClient project — introduced back in 2017 — has released versions 1.1.5, 2.0.0 and 3.0.0. Reactive HttpClient 1.1.x Series Reactive HttpClient Versions 1.1.x, of which the latest is the
Eat What You Kill without Starvation!

Jetty 9 introduced the Eat-What-You-Kill[1]The EatWhatYouKill strategy is named after a hunting proverb in the sense that one should only kill to eat. The use of this phrase is not an endorsement of hunting nor killing of wildlife for food
Jetty, Cookies and RFC6265 Compliance

Starting with patch 9.4.3, Jetty will be fully compliant with RFC6265, which presents changes to cookies which may have significant impact for some users. Up until now Jetty has supported Version=1 cookies defined in RFC2109 (and continued in RFC2965) which allows for special/reserved
Thread Starvation with Eat What You Kill

This is going to be a blog of mixed metaphors as I try to explain how we avoid thread starvation when we use Jetty’s eat-what-you-kill[1]The EatWhatYouKill strategy is named after a hunting proverb in the sense that one should only
HTTP/2 at JAX
I was invited to speak at the JAX conference in Mainz about HTTP/2. Jetty has always been a front-runner when it’s about web protocols: first with WebSocket, then with SPDY and finally with HTTP/2. We believe that HTTP/2 is going
HTTP/2 with HAProxy and Jetty
HTTP/2 is now the official RFC 7540, and it’s about time to deploy your website on HTTP/2, to get the numerous benefits that HTTP/2 brings. A very typical deployment is to have Apache (or Nginx) working as a reverse proxy
Introduction to HTTP2 in Jetty
Jetty 9.3 supports HTTP/2 as defined by RFC7540 and it is extremely simple to enable and get started using this new protocol that is available in most current browsers. Getting started with Jetty 9.3 Before we can run HTTP/2, we
Jetty-9.3 Features!
Jetty 9.3.0 is almost ready and Release Candidate 1 is available for download and testing! So this is just a quick blog to introduce you to what is new and encourage you to try it out! HTTP2 The headline feature