# Running elastic inside a servlet container

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elastic-inside-a-servlet-container/2996>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elastic-inside-a-servlet-container/2996 "2010-06-04T18:51:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![florin\_g](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@florin\_g](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/florin_g)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elastic-inside-a-servlet-container/2996/1 "2010-06-04T18:51:13Z")

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Just heard of elasticsearch and after browsing the online docs I could not figure out if elasticsearch can be run from inside a servlet container such as Jetty or Resin. The installation instructions shows it run as a standalone app. Any guidance? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elastic-inside-a-servlet-container/2996/2 "2017-07-06T04:23:34Z")

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