Shorten long url? Apache2 and Tomcat.

It's easy: You need to edit httpd.conf (located probably in /etc/http) and edit in the default host configuration the line DocumentRoot from "/var/www/html" to the path where is your application pit-2.2.1.

Best regards!

I don't have an httpd.conf file on the server.  A little more detail.

Debian 7.8, Apache2 with mod-jk module enabled, Java 7, Tomcat 7.

The /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file don't have the line DocumentRoot in it.  So that's a no go.
I've tried modifying the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file which does have line DocumentRoot in it.
And the /etc/apache2/sites-available/vhost.domain.com file I created.
And the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default file.
And no luck.
Any other suggestions?

Hi,

I never work on debian. As I have read is a little different from RedHat:

/etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory contains defined sites (virtual hosts)
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ directory contains enabled sites. I don't understand how a site became enabled/active.

In my opinion I would try to modify /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and if that is not working I would copy default file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

However, you have to restart apache after each modification, in order that modification to occurs

Best regards!

I've tried modifying /sites/enabled/000-default.  No luck.  I'm looking into Apache mod-proxy for a possible solution.

Looks like Apache's mod_proxy_ajp module may be the solution.  I'm just getting up to speed with it.  If you've worked with it before and have some tips or tricks on setting it up let me know.

The solution I found through my own trial and error works.  Here's a link that explains it.
https://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/generic_howto/proxy.html