# Jetty environment variables

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031>\
**Category:** Old Forum Archive\
**Created:** [August 8, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031 "2012-08-08T10:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivek\_prasad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vivek_prasad/32/430_2.png) [@vivek\_prasad](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vivek_prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031/1 "2012-08-08T10:44:00Z")

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How to define the jetty environment variable in build.gradle to configure jetty for my project

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**Author:** ![vivek\_prasad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vivek_prasad/32/430_2.png) [@vivek\_prasad](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vivek_prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031/2 "2012-08-08T12:47:00Z")

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AnyBody please reply

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**Author:** ![Rene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/rene/32/8082_2.png) [@Rene](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Rene)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031/3 "2012-08-08T13:32:00Z")

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the jetty plugin does not fork the jvm so you have to define your environment variables used in your jetty app either in the environment where you run gradle from or define them in the gradle start scripts.

cheers, René

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**Author:** ![vivek\_prasad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vivek_prasad/32/430_2.png) [@vivek\_prasad](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vivek_prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031/4 "2012-08-09T04:49:00Z")

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Hi Rene , I am getting

an error of

```gradle
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/UserTransaction

```

when i run my application on jetty .

However , there is no issue while compiling the codes .

how should i define the class defination for jetty . I know the jar where the class exists.

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**Author:** ![vivek\_prasad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vivek_prasad/32/430_2.png) [@vivek\_prasad](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/vivek_prasad)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/jetty-environment-variables/6031/5 "2012-08-16T05:24:00Z")

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Any body please reply

I am unable to run my project on jetty server

I have added

webAppDirName = ‘WebContent’

all my Jsp files are in the WebContent folder but my jetty server is unable to run them . The error message i am getting is

```gradle
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/UserTransaction

```

Please help