Larry,
We tried the "shared.loader" suggestion and it seems to be working fine. Thanks very much for the suggestion. Fran Larry Isaacs wrote: > > 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] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Classloader-Question-tf2417987.html#a6755934 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]
