I created a maven project using a Simple Web App Archetype. Then I went in and created a Jax-RS module. Now I have 2 index.jsp. Should I have created my project without an archetype and then added a Jax-RS module?
I also plan to add some persistence to the project. Maybe hibernate.

You don’t need
index.jspfor JAX-RS. Every JAX-RS servlet (Jersey, RESTeasy, etc.) provides its ownServlet, that dispatches REST requests into your@Pathannotated resources. You configure the servlet inWEB-INF/web.xml.The rest looks correct in your project layout.