External library folder for Spring Boot

Question

I wonder how to externalize all jdbc drivers for my Spring Boot applications, I would not like to insert jdbc drivers into my fat jar once the application is built.

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Answer 1

CLASSPATH and -classpath will not be working in case of running Spring boot jar file. So there are below options are available:

• Use -Dloader.path e.g. java -cp MyOwn.jar -Dloader.path=C:\Sandeep\lib -Dconsole.level=INFO -Dloader.main=abc.Main org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher --spring.config.name=application

• Another option to place other jars into the JRE/lib/ext directory

• Third option, open Spring Boot Jar with WinRAR application and add the jar file into the Spring Boot jar