Since you are using Tomcat 5, check out the "shared.loader" property specified in the catalina.properties file of your Tomcat instances. You could change it to use "catalina.home" instead of "catalina.base", or add an additional "path".
Cheers, Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Fran Varin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:49 PM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Classloader Question > > > We are running multiple Tomcat 5.5 instances as Windows > services. We have some .jar files that are common between the > multiple Tomcat instances. We have been searching for a way > to configure Tomcat in such a way where we could share the > .jar files across those multiple instances. > > According to what we understand about the Tomcat class > loaders, we could place the .jar files at the "java_home" > level. But, this is not advisable since it really is intended > to be used for runtime system support. We currently have the > .jar files placed in the "shared/lib" path. This allows us > access to the .jar files from each application within a given > instance of Tomcat. But, we cannot share those .jar files > across Tomcat instances. > > Is there a location where we could store .jar files with the > intent of sharing them with multiple running instances of > Tomcat and each one's associated application? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Classloader-Question-tf2417987.html#a6740606 > Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
