mod_jk URL mapping

[Milo Hyson <mi...@cyberlifelabs.com>]

I've just started working with mod_jk so I apologize if I've overlooked 
something. Is there any way to mount a specific Tomcat context-prefix into a 
specific part of Apache's URL-space? I find the direct mapping of Tomcat's 
context-path-space to Apache's URL-space to be kind of cumbersome. For 
example, if I have a context of /myapp in Tomcat, I can't make it appear at 
/mydir/myapp in Apache -- it's forced to /myapp. The mapping is hardcoded, 
root-to-root.

Now I can control the context path (and subsequently the Apache URL path) in 
Tomcat's server.xml, but it seems rather hokey to change Apache's URL-space 
from somewhere other than within Apache. Not only that, but what if you 
wanted to make only part of a context accessible from Apache? Suppose you 
want /myapp/mysubsystem in Tomcat to be accessed via /mything in Apache? 
Granted, one could set up a redirect or rewrite, but then it would be 
accessible from two points within Apache: /mything AND /myapp/mysubsystem.

I think there needs to be something like a cross between JkMount and Alias. 
For example:

JkMountPath /myapp/mysubsystem /mything ajp13
JkMountPath /myapp/myothersubsystem /myotherthing ajp13

Is this already implemented in mod_jk, or is there another way to do it? Any 
advice would be appreciated.

-- 
Milo Hyson
CyberLife Labs, LLC

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