How to use a different path name in ProxyPass than the Tomcat context name

Question

I am using Tomcat 5.5.9 and Apache 2.x We are trying to use a path name in ProxyPass that is different than the Tomcat context name. ``` ProxyPass /path http://localhost:8080/contextname ``` However, this does not work. When these two are the same then everything works fine. Most examples I see on the net also have the path equal to the Tomcat context name. I am using "context.xml" within the Tomcat context and do NOT have "server.xml" entries. Also, I am using plain httd.conf and NOT using any VirtualHost entries.

Accepted Answer

I believe you need both

```
ProxyPass /path/ http://localhost:8080/contextname/
ProxyPassReverse /path/ http://localhost:8080/contextname/
```

Any reason not to use mod_jk?

How to use a different path name in ProxyPass than the Tomcat context name

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