A sample configuration file is as follows.

Jetty also provides HashUserRealm that reads a property file in which the user names and passwords can be specified.[/xml]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<httpConfig>
  <!--
        *****************
        Jetty HTTP Server
        *****************
        -->
  <Configure class="org.mortbay.jetty.Server">
    <!--
                ***********
                Add Listeners
                ***********
                -->
    <!--Start addlisteners-->
    <!--Add SocketListener with default port 1060-->
    <Call name="addListener">
      <Arg>
        <New class="org.mortbay.http.SocketListener">
          <Set name="Port">1060</Set>
          <Set name="MinThreads">5</Set>
          <Set name="MaxThreads">50</Set>
          <Set name="MaxIdleTimeMs">30000</Set>
          <Set name="LowResourcePersistTimeMs">5000</Set>
        </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>
    <!--End addlisteners-->
    <Call name="addRealm">
      <Arg>
        <New class="org.mortbay.http.HashUserRealm">
          <Arg>Admin Realm</Arg>
          <Put name="admin">yourpasshere</Put>
          <Call name="addUserToRole">
            <Arg>admin</Arg>
            <Arg>server-administrator</Arg>
          </Call>
        </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>
    <!--
                ************
                Add Server Contexts
                ************
                -->
    <!--Default context at root / -->
    <Call name="addContext">
      <Arg>/</Arg>
      <Set name="realmName">Admin Realm</Set>
      <Set name="authenticator">
        <New class="org.mortbay.http.BasicAuthenticator" />
      </Set>
      <Call name="addHandler">
        <Arg>
          <New class="org.mortbay.http.handler.SecurityHandler" />
        </Arg>
      </Call>
      <Call name="addSecurityConstraint">
        <Arg>/</Arg>
        <Arg>
          <New class="org.mortbay.http.SecurityConstraint">
            <Arg>Admin</Arg>
            <Arg>server-administrator</Arg>
          </New>
        </Arg>
      </Call>
      <Call name="addHandler">
        <Arg>
          <New class="org.ten60.transport.jetty.HttpHandler">
            <Set name="Name">BackendHTTPTransport</Set>
          </New>
        </Arg>
      </Call>
    </Call>
  </Configure>
</httpConfig>