Install Mysql Connector 5+

Download connector for your version of MySQL

1. If running mySQL 5.0-5.1
   Download version 5.0.8+ from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html

2. If running MySQL 5.1+
   Download version 5.1+ from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

• NOTE: the version numbers do not directly align despite the way they appear to here

Extract the file to /opt

Copy mysql-connector-java-<version>-bin.jar to $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib

Delete the extracted folder