Add external library .jar to Spring boot .jar internal /lib

Question

I have an external .jar that cannot be imported from public repositories using pom.xml, it\'s sqljdbc41.jar.

I can run the project locally from my IDE,

Answer 1

You could install the sqljdbc41.jar in your local repository :

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=path/to/sqljdbc41.jar -DgroupId=com.microsoft.sqlserver -DartifactId=sqljdbc41 -Dversion=4.1 -Dpackaging=jar

And then declare the dependency as a standard dependency :

   com.microsoft.sqlserver
   sqljdbc41
   4.1

If you use a remote artifact repository (nexus, archiva...) you also need to deploy the artifact on this repository. You can find more here : https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-remote.html