where to place common jars in tomcat v6.0 server, which will accessible by all the apps deployed?

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in tomcat 5 we used to place the commonly used jar in {HOME}/common/lib folder but in tomcat 6.0 the common folder has been removed. can somebody please tell me where to place the jars which will be loaded while sever started and which can be accessible by all apps deployed in server.

I have even created the {HOME}/common/lib folder and tried but it did not work. Also I tried placing the jars in {HOME}/lib but this also did not work.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '11 at 07:00

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In Tomcat 6 & higher, global libraries are place inside TOMCAT_HOME/lib folder. The common/lib was removed and lib was used instead.

answered Nov 23 '11 at 07:00

Buhake Sindi

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Thanks Man, I have tried putting TOMCAT_HOME/lib but it didn't work, does any configuration require ?? – dku.rajkumar Nov 23 '11 at 07:32
@dku.rajkumar, no configuration is required. It works perfectly on mine. What are you trying to achieve? – Buhake Sindi Nov 23 '11 at 07:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 06:41

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Check here the apache documentation for Class Loader

answered Nov 23 '11 at 06:41

GustyWind

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check this one as well http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo#How_do_I_add_JARs_or_classes_to_the_common_classloader_without_adding_them_to_.24CATALINA_HOME.2BAC8-lib.3F – GustyWind Nov 23 '11 at 06:45

where to place common jars in tomcat v6.0 server, which will accessible by all the apps deployed?

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