How to configure additional classpath in SpringBoot?

Question

I want to make a standalone web application. I have some problems with SpringBoot.

My application is one jar file from SpringBoot.

But my application was usu

Answer 1

You can use the loader.path parameter to define a location for an external lib folder. All jars under this folder will be added to the classpath. For example, if you'd like to define C:\extLib as your external lib folder, you can do the following:

java -Dloader.path=/C:/extLib/ -jar aapName.jar

For this to work, you need to use the PropertiesLauncher. There are two ways to do that:

Option 1

Update the project pom.xml and add the following tag:

  
  ZIP 

Effective build tag, the post-update looks like below:

 
    
        
            org.springframework.boot
            spring-boot-maven-plugin
              
                ZIP 
            
        
    

Option 2

Use the PropertiesLauncher when launching the application from the commandline:

java -cp aapName.jar -Dloader.path=/C:/extLib/ org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher

References:
How to add jars to SpringBoot classpath with jarlauncher