I am wanting to be able to remotely start and stop a web app configured on TomCat 5.5. The web app is not deployed within the TomCat directory structure. There are several web apps configured and running but none of them show up in the TomCat manager interface. I have read the documentation regarding the Manager interface but it isn't clear to me as to how I need to get this to work. Currently the context is configured in the server.xml but I have read this is frowned upon so I am moving each web app context to its own location under the Catalina directory (if this is correct). Am I on the right path regarding the context configuration and how do I then have the ability to manage the web apps if they are physically located outside of the TomCat directory structure? Thanks
