uma...@comcast.net wrote:
> We have a bunch of web applications packed into a single VM tomcat (6.0.14).
> I am looking to segrgating the contexts in distinct VMs based on IP address
> based virtual hosts.

So you want to run entirely separate Tomcat instances?

> I assume that to keep this segregation transparent to the applications 
> themselves,
> URL rewriting has to be incorporated (if there is another method, pl let me 
> know).

If the applications are in separate Tomcats (ie separate VMs) then they
can only share data via an external shared data source like a DB.

> Questions:
> 
> 1) Are there recommended best practices for implementing virtual hosts
> with URL rewrite? 
> 
> 2) We use Tomcat without Apache frontend and plan to use
> the Tuckey.org's URL rewriter. Anyone have any bad experience with this?

No-one here that I'm aware of.

> 3) I assume that we would have to use a dummy webapp to rewrite the URL 
> based on virtual host configuration and forward the request. Is there a 
> better way?

Do what?

I'm not sure I understand completely what you're trying to achieve.
Can you explain why you think you want separate VMs or separate
VirtualHosts?

p



> Thanks
> 
> /U
> 


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