Sakai 11: Java 8, Tomcat 8

Sakai 11 now requires Java 8 and Tomcat 8.

However, when you upgrade (and configure), you’ll notice a rather long startup time due to a change in the JAR scanning behaviour of Tomcat:

Server startup in 252800 ms

This scanning is unnecessary for Sakai though, so add this to your Tomcat/conf/context.xml file:

<Context>
...

<JarScanner>
    <JarScanFilter defaultPluggabilityScan="false" />
</JarScanner>
...
</Context>

And now you should have a much happier (and usable) startup time:

Server startup in 55836 ms

Got any more tips to improve startup times? Post in the comments!