Tomcat virtual hosts

Hello,
I have dedicated server (XEN) with lvm partitions and created 3 virtual private servers with OS=centOS enterprise linux 5.x.
on vps(s) apache-tomcat-6.0.18 installed with tomcat-connectors-1.2.27
I want to create virtual hosts for tomcat. read some articles and created successfully on my pc tomcat-5.x.x but I am not finding on the server some folders of the tomcat i.e. common, shared and conf/Catalina/ to create virtual hosts according to some articles. I made these folders on the server but not working.
Kindly let me know how can I create virtual hosts with tomcat-6.0.18
Thanks & best regards

farakh wrote:
[...] but not working. Could you try being any more vague?
You need to provide a lot more details. At least tell us what "not working" means. What error messages do you get?
Learn [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way|http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html].

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