Thanks a lot for these precisions. I already had mod_rewrite loaded but when
I configured my VirtualHost like the following, I got a redirect loop error:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    ServerName bugs.epseelon.org

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /jira/$1 [PT]
    RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 9

    JkMount /* loadbalancer

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/jira-error.log
    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

    # alert, emerg.

    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/jira-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Here is the full log in rewrite.log:

87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite '/' ->
'/jira/'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing '/jira/' to
get passed through to next API URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:56 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8430e88/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#843ceb8/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) init rewrite engine
with requested uri /jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (3) applying pattern
'^/(.*)$' to uri '/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) rewrite
'/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' -> '/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa'
87.65.162.6 - - [22/Jun/2008:21:13:57 +0200] [
bugs.epseelon.org/sid#8231258][rid#8432e90/initial] (2) forcing
'/jira/jira/secure/Setup!default.jspa' to get passed through to next API
URI-to-filename handler

I don't really understand why jira is getting redirected to jira/jira

2008/6/22 Rainer Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Sebastien ARBOGAST schrieb:
>
>> Ok, so defining my app as the ROOT one is definitely not an option.Now I'm
>> sorry to ask but could you be a little more specific about where I need to
>> add those mod_rewrite configuration bits? Because I'm not really an Apache
>> configuration wizard and mod_rewrite is especially scary to me.
>>
>
> No Problem.
>
> 1) Loading the module (assuming httpd 2.0 or 2.2 here)
>
> You need to add a line of the form
>
> LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
>
> to the global part of your configuration. There shoud be already a coupl of
> such LoadModule lines, maybe mod_rewrite is already there. If you are using
> httpd coming via some Linux distro, then you need to find the file, where
> your distro handles loading modules. This differs a bit from distro to
> distro.
>
> 2) Connfiguring the RewriteRule in your VirtualHost
>
> Add the RewriteRule I proposed and also a "RewriteEngine On".
>
> If you want to check, what the rewriting is doing, also add a
>
> RewriteLog /some/log/path/rewrite.log
> RewriteLogLevel 9
>
> 9 is very verbose, not for regular production. With 0 you can silence the
> file, higher numbers mean more log info.
>
> If you want to fight against getting scared:
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Rainer
>
>
>  2008/6/22 Rainer Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>  Hi Sebastien,
>>>
>>> Sebastien ARBOGAST schrieb:
>>>
>>>  I've got my JBoss 4.2 server running and I managed to configure one
>>>
>>>> virtual
>>>> host with mod_jk to get to it without having to enter the 8080 port.Here
>>>> is
>>>> my VirtualHost configuration:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <VirtualHost *:80>
>>>>   ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>   ServerName myserver.com
>>>>
>>>>   JkMount /* loadbalancer
>>>>
>>>>   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/myserver-error.log
>>>>   # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
>>>>
>>>>   # alert, emerg.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   LogLevel warn
>>>>   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/myserver-access.log combined
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So no when I access the JIRA application installed on this server, I can
>>>> do
>>>> it either from http://myserver.com:8080/jira or from
>>>> http://myserver.com/jira
>>>> Now I would like to be able to skip the jira suffix and access this same
>>>> application from http://myserver.com, but without making JIRA the home
>>>> application on my JBoss server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is that possible? How can I do that?
>>>>
>>>>  Use mod_rewrite in Apache httpd and a configuration similar to:
>>>
>>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /jira/$1 [PT]
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> JkMount /jira|* loadbalancer
>>>
>>> (JkMount /* would do it to, but is less precise).
>>>
>>> If you want mod_jk to act after an internal rewrite, you need to use the
>>> "PT" flag in the RewriteRule.
>>>
>>> If it doesn't work, add a RewriteLog and see, what your RewriteRules are
>>> actually doing.
>>>
>>> A totally different approach would be, to deploy the jira webapp as the
>>> so-called ROOT context in Tomcat. Then it would be reachable via
>>> http://myserver.com:8080/ and thus also via http://myserver.com/ by the
>>> same JkMount /*. Although all applications should be freely eployable
>>> under
>>> any context name, not all are actually. So you would need to experiment,
>>> if
>>> you can deploy jira as ROOT webapp. Using the ROOT webapp for normal
>>> production is not recommendable in general, because if you always deploy
>>> your webapps as ROOT, you will no longer be able to share a Tomcat
>>> instance
>>> for multiple webapps (at least not in the same host), and secondly the
>>> ROOT
>>> context catches all requests, that do not map to any other webapp, so is
>>> generally also a good indicator if something is going wrong.
>>>
>>> Have fun,
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
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