Need help setting up tomcat standalone

[David Buttrick <de...@swbell.net>]

Hi.
I have setup Tomcat in standalone mode on a server that is separate from my
web server.

I have run into some stumbling blocks regarding getting Tomcat to talk to
the web server. I can hit the Tomcat server on port 8080 and get the default
page, so Tomcat is working. The servlet examples work too.

First off, why does:
ApJMount /examples /root
work?
I do not have a /root entry in my server.xml file...

Secondly, what exactly do I need to run on the HTTP server? Can i turn off
java on the HTTP server? doesn't JServ talk the ajpv12 protocol to the host
where the servlet container is? or do I have that wrong, and I need the java
to make the connection?

Does a context in Tomcat cover servlets in subdirectories? Can I just make
one context in Tomcat i.e.
servlets and then put cocoon in a subdirectory, and then have my
ApJServMount line look like:

ApJServMount /servlets /servlets

and be done with it?

Thanks.

David