> I change the "appBase" from "webapps" to "/var/www/html" for the default > virtual host in server.xml. I restarted tomcat. I then installed jive > forums in /var/www/html/forums but was not able to get it to work at that > location. I changed "appBase" back to "webapps", moved jive forums to > /var/lib/tomcat and bingo-bango, it worked. > > My reasoning for this is I have several virtual hosts and didn't want to > lump all java apps together. I'd rather spread them out to their respective > home directories. Just a couple of thoughts: Could you run each VH's app in a separate webapp within "webapps" directory? Each VH could then specify an alias to the appropriate app directory. It is possible to run multiple Tomcats each running on different ports. Graham