Optionally add paths to the common loader.

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A role that installs multiple instances of tomcat, using the binaries from the d
 Role Variables
 --------------
 
-The most important variables are listed below:
+The most important variables are listed below. See the **defaults/main.yml** file for a complete reference:
 
 ``` yaml
 tomcat_m_instances:

defaults/main.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ tomcat_m_java_opts_permgen: "-XX:MaxPermSize={{ tomcat_m_permgen_size }}"
 tomcat_m_additional_java_8_opts: "-XX:+CrashOnOutOfMemoryError"
 tomcat_m_java_opts: ""
 tomcat_m_java_gc_opts: "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
+tomcat_m_catalina_classloader_paths: []
+# - lib/mylibdir
+# - lib/mylibdir/*.jar
+
 # Use "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC" to enable the CMS garbage collector (improved
 # response time). If you use that option and you run Tomcat on a machine with
 # exactly one CPU chip that contains one or two cores, you should also add

templates/catalina.properties.j2

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ package.definition=sun.,java.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache
 #     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
 #                  repositories
 #     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
-common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.base}/common/classes,${catalina.base}/common/*.jar
+common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.base}/common/classes,${catalina.base}/common/*.jar{% for target in tomcat_m_catalina_classloader_paths %},${catalina.base}/{{ target }}{% endfor %}
 
 #
 # List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "server"