When using maven jetty runner plugin, you might want to pass some system properties for the apps like this:
$ mvn jetty:run -Dproperty=value
It can be done via following config in pom.xml
<plugin>
<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
<version>6.1.10</version>
<configuration>
<systemProperties>
<systemProperty>
<name>propertyName</name>
<value>${property}</value>
</systemProperty>
</systemProperties>
</configuration>
</plugin>