>> To clarify - this is not a replacement or an 'exclusive' mechanism.
>> The 'ajp14' based config, where tomcat sends notifications to apache
>> remains.
>
>Seems like I was reinventing the wheel there for a while. So 
>AJP14 knows
>how configure itself from the running Tomcat... Pretty cool in my book!

That was one of the important evolution of ajp14 in regard of ajp13.

>> The problems with 'tomcat sending config info to apache' ( and why I
>> would not make that the 'default' simple config ):
>> 
>> 1. It requires a strict startup sequence ( tomcat before apache ).
>> Otherwise, if tomcat is not started apache will respond '404' for
>> what it doesn't recognize, instead of 'temporary 
>unavailable' or 'context
>> is down'. This can be very problematic for users ( who'll 
>assume the url
>> is wrong instead of try again later ).
>
>This is easily achieved (that's how I run my boxes) through the startup
>script when both Apache and Tomcat are on the same box. I call this
>thing 'was' -> Web Application Server. Here is the sample (RH Linux
>7.0):

Pretty the same stuff in my RPM for TC 3.3 :)

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