J2EE application servers

One of the main advantages of ColdFusion MX is that it can be installed as an integrated server (the server configuration) or deployed as a Java application on a standards-based J2EE application server (the J2EE configuration). In addition to greater flexibility, this allows your ColdFusion applications to leverage features of the J2EE architecture, such as support for multiple application instances and multiple-instance clustering.

You can deploy ColdFusion MX in the J2EE configuration using either the bundled copy of Macromedia JRun 4 or a third-party J2EE application server. If you use the bundled version of JRun (recommended), the installation wizard automatically deploys and configures ColdFusion MX 6.1 on its own JRun server. If you choose to use a third-party J2EE application server, the installation wizard creates a web application archive (WAR) or enterprise application archive (EAR) file, which you then deploy using the tools provided by your chosen application server.

Comments are no longer accepted for ColdFusion MX 6.1. ColdFusion 8 is the current version.

Comments

una-muse-d said on Nov 25, 2004 at 10:17 AM :

what does it mean "as an integrated server (the server configuration) or
deployed as a Java application on a standards-based J2EE application
server (the J2EE configuration)." If I want to run CFMX on my Mac (OS
X.2) with JRun for development purposes only which of these is a better
choice? Do I even need J2EE? How does J2EE fit into the picture
anyway? This is all so confusing.

jrunrandy said on Nov 27, 2004 at 1:50 PM :

una-muse-d,
I have read your other comments, too. In response, I have a few things:
* One reason that ColdFusion MX can run on Mac OSX because of the underlying UNIX OS.
* Another reason ColdFusion MX can run on Mac OSX is because JRun can run on OSX
* JRun is a J2EE application server, so to run ColdFusion MX on Mac OSX, you install it in the J2EE configuration
* I'm assuming that you read the deployment instructions on macromedia.com: http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/j2ee/cfmxj2ee_mac_onjrunandtom.html
* From the documentation point of view, we've tried our hardest to give straightforward instructions, but we are unable to avoid things like "login as root," "use the console," and "use the jar utility to uncompress the archive file."

If you have further installation and deployment problems, I suggest posting them to the ColdFusion online forums: http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/ Many of the developers who regularly monitor the forums have gone through the issues you've been dealing with.


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