Re: Context configuration [was: Windows 98]

["Zacharias J. Beckman" <zb...@creativesun.com>]

Speaking of contexts:

>         Set zones (aka contexts) by following the FAQ

I had thought I'd be able to create a different context for different virtual
hosts. Then, I would be able to mount specific contexts within VirtualHost
blocks in the Apache config files. The goal, of course, that I could
essentially create contexts that worked only within its virtual host,
transparently adding JSP support to existing sites.

I then wanted to try mounting the context at the root of the virtual host. So,
for a given web site, I might have:
<VirtualHost www.foo.com>
    ApJservMount / /foocontext
</VirtualHost>

None of this works. I clearly don't understand contexts completely, or the
ApJservMount keywords. But, I also suspect that this is simply beyond Tomcat's
capabilities at this time.

Worse, it seems that trying to mount contexts in this way actually "breaks"
existing web sites. I haven't been able to add JSP support to different virtual
hosts without actually changing the web site pages (i.e.: introducing a
top-level "/foo_jsp" directory, a different one for each virtual host, or
something like this).

Any comments or suggestions?
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