Per the instructions here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html I've bundled my context.xml file with my .ear file but it doesn't seem to be loading. I have it bundled in the .war in META-INF.
Contents of context.xml
<!-- Add Static image Files --> <Context path="/dcap/elements" docBase="D:\Development\tmp\img\elements" debug="0" reloadable="true"> </Context>