Using external jars within JBoss

[evsrao]

I need to use some external jar(s) within the apps deployed in JBoss. Environment may have multiple server instances and the apps deployed in those instances use these external files. I see several alternatives:

1. Copy the external jars to jboss_home/server/instanceN/lib (or creating sym links in this directory)
2. Modify jboss_home/server/instanceN/conf/jboss-service.xml by adding <classpath codebase....> elements.
3. Modify JBOSS_CLASSPATH in the run script. I'm getting class loading issues.

Is option 2 right one? Please give some pointers.

Thanks.

[anil.saldhana]

Have a look at the URLDeploymentService defined in the conf/jboss-service.xml That will allow you to define external locations for your archives.

[bleuleon]

The run.bat (run.sh) command has the C option. I tried it and it seems to work ok. So if you have 2 jars, add the following to the run command:
-C "file1.jar" -C "file2.jar"

This is not documented.