diff --git a/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Install the catalina webapp configurations
+      template: src=catalina-app-conf.xml.j2 dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/conf/Catalina/localhost/{{ item.app_name }}.xml
+      with_items: '{{ catalina_apps_conf }}'
+      when: ( item.state | default(True) )
+
+    - name: Remove the catalina webapp configurations
+      file: dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/conf/Catalina/localhost/{{ item.app_name }}.xml state=absent
+      with_items: '{{ catalina_apps_conf }}'
+      when: ( not item.state | default(True) )
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  when: catalina_apps_conf is defined
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'tomcat', 'catalina_apps' ]
+  
diff --git a/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/templates/catalina-app-conf.xml.j2 b/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/templates/catalina-app-conf.xml.j2
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+++ b/smartgears/catalina-app-conf/templates/catalina-app-conf.xml.j2
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<Context reloadable="true">
+    <Loader className="org.apache.catalina.loader.VirtualWebappLoader"
+          virtualClasspath="{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ item.app_name }}/WEB-INF/lib/plugins/{{ item.plugin_name }}/*.jar"/>    
+</Context>
+