VirtualHost with mod rewrite pointing at tomcat application

I am setting up a server running on Ubuntu 14.04. I have apache and tomcat installed with the rewrite module for apache and mod_jk enabled. I have mod_jk properly configured so apache is forwarding the request to the app context correctly. I also have the domain name pointed correctly at the server and am able to browse to it. However, I am having issues with my virtual host file. I am attempting to point a domain at the application running within tomcat. Here is what I have currently as a virtual host file. ServerName www.domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/domain RewriteEngine On RewriteRule \/$ /context [L] I have tried many variations of this but have had no luck. Any help to resolve would be most appreciated. ** Update ** I am able to produce a rewrite to a directory named after the tomcat application, in this example context in my apache html folder (/var/www/html/context). Here is what my virtual host file now looks like : ServerName www.domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/context/ Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None RewriteEngine On RewriteRule \/$ /context [L] Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all The problem now is it is not rewriting to the tomcat application named context. So to sum it all up : http://{{ip_address}}/context - works like it should and displays the tomcat application http://domain.com - redirects me to html content within /var/www/html/context How can I force the rewrite rule to redirect to the tomcat application name context? Is there a global setting that will override rewrites and instead of displaying content within apaches html directory to applications mounted with mod_jk? Thanks in advance for your help.