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From: Robert Schmid <robert_schmid@fourthgen.com>
Subject: Virtual Host Confusion
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I swear I've read the documentation!  I have Virtual Hosts Contexts defined;

Server.xml

     <Host 
name="www.raptor.net">
     <Context path="" docBase="/home/net/foobar/htdocs" 
debug="0"/>
     </Host> 


     <Host 
name="www.blackgryphongraphics.com">
     <Context path="" docBase="/home/com/barfoo/htdocs" debug="0"/>
     </Host> 


httpd.conf:

<VirtualHost 209.134.140.42>
     ServerName www.foobar.net
     JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
     JkMount /*.xml ajp13
     JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
     AddType text/xml .xml
     DocumentRoot /home/net/foobar/htdocs
...
     <Directory "/home/net/foobar/htdocs/">
         Options All
         AllowOverride Authconfig
     </Directory>

I want to be able to put xml files and jsp in the main directory or at 
least in a directory  entirely controlled by foobar.

Is the docBase relative to $TOMCAT_HOME or is it an absolute path?
What is appBase?  Does this work in Tomcat 3.x or only in 4.x?

Do I need to run separate instances of Tomcat for each virtual host?

Do I have to have a webapps directory in each Virtual Host. How about a 
WEB-INF and a web.xml directory in each directory?

The documentation seems out of date especially the links regarding web.xml.

Help is greatly appreciated!