Managing drivers

Configure drivers with pre-installed jars

You can customize drivers configuration in workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/drivers.xml file. If you have some pre-installed jar files you can reference them in drivers.xml. Example:

<library type="jar" path="absolute-jar-folder-path\driver-jar.jar" custom="true"/>

Also in drivers.xml you can use following variables to specify relative paths:

Variable	Meaning
drivers_home	Standard DBeaver drivers location - ($workspace/drivers by default)
dbeaver_home	DBeaver installation folder
home	User home folder
workspace	DBeaver workspace path

For instance:

<library type="jar" path="${workspace}\drivers\my-driver.jar" custom="true"/>

Full drivers.xml example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<drivers>

    <provider id="postgresql">
        <driver id="postgres-jdbc" custom="false" embedded="false" name="PostgreSQL" class="org.postgresql.Driver" url="jdbc:postgresql://{host}[:{port}]/[{database}]" port="5432" description="PostgreSQL standard driver">
            <library type="jar" path="maven:/org.postgresql:postgresql:RELEASE" custom="false" version="42.2.3">
                <file id="org.postgresql:postgresql" version="42.2.3" path="${drivers_home}/maven/maven-central/org.postgresql/postgresql-42.2.3.jar"/>
            </library>
            <library type="jar" path="maven:/net.postgis:postgis-jdbc:RELEASE" custom="false" version="2.2.1">
                <file id="net.postgis:postgis-jdbc" version="2.2.1" path="${drivers_home}/maven/maven-central/net.postgis/postgis-jdbc-2.2.1.jar"/>
            </library>
            <library type="jar" path="maven:/net.postgis:postgis-jdbc-jtsparser:RELEASE" custom="false" version="2.2.1">
                <file id="net.postgis:postgis-jdbc-jtsparser" version="2.2.1" path="${drivers_home}/maven/maven-central/net.postgis/postgis-jdbc-jtsparser-2.2.1.jar"/>
            </library>
        </driver>
    </provider>

</drivers>