Using an external web server

ColdFusion MX uses the JRun web server connector to forward requests from an external web server to the ColdFusion MX runtime system.

When a request is made for a CFM page, the connector on the web server opens a network connection to the JRun proxy service. The ColdFusion MX runtime system handles the request and sends its reply back through the proxy service and connector. The web server connector uses web server-specific plug-in modules, as the following table shows:

Web server	Connector details
Apache	The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements to the Apache httpd.conf file: A LoadModule directive defines the connector. An AddHandler directive tells Apache to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector. For Apache 1.3.x, the connection module is mod_jrun.so; for Apache 2.x, the connection module is mod_jrun20.so.
IIS	The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements at either the global level (default) or web server level: An ISAPI filter. Extension mappings tell IIS to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector. With IIS 4 and 5, the IIS connection module is jrun.dll. IIS 6 uses a connection module named jrun_iis6.dll and a helper DLL named jrun_iis6_wildcard.dll.
SunONE Web Server, includes iPlanet and Netscape Enterprise Server (NES)	The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements to SunONE Web Server configuration files: obj.con A NameTrans directive for the JRun filter and ObjectType directives to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector. magnus.conf Init directives to load and initialize the connector. In Windows, the SunONE web server connection module is jrun_nsapi35.dll; on UNIX and Linux, the SunONE web server connection module is libjrun_nsapi35.so; on AIX, the module name is libjrun_nsapi40.so. With NES 3.5 and iPlanet 4.x, the Web Server Configuration Tool places all settings in the obj.conf file.

Web server

Connector details

Apache

The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements to the Apache httpd.conf file:

A LoadModule directive defines the connector.
An AddHandler directive tells Apache to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector.

For Apache 1.3.x, the connection module is mod_jrun.so; for Apache 2.x, the connection module is mod_jrun20.so.

IIS

The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements at either the global level (default) or web server level:

An ISAPI filter.
Extension mappings tell IIS to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector.

With IIS 4 and 5, the IIS connection module is jrun.dll. IIS 6 uses a connection module named jrun_iis6.dll and a helper DLL named jrun_iis6_wildcard.dll.

SunONE Web Server, includes iPlanet and Netscape Enterprise Server (NES)

The Web Server Configuration Tool adds the following elements to SunONE Web Server configuration files:

obj.con A NameTrans directive for the JRun filter and ObjectType directives to route requests for ColdFusion pages through the connector.
magnus.conf Init directives to load and initialize the connector.

In Windows, the SunONE web server connection module is jrun_nsapi35.dll; on UNIX and Linux, the SunONE web server connection module is libjrun_nsapi35.so; on AIX, the module name is libjrun_nsapi40.so.

With NES 3.5 and iPlanet 4.x, the Web Server Configuration Tool places all settings in the obj.conf file.

Version 6.1

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Comments

JackCHolt said on May 3, 2004 at 1:35 PM :

In the SunONE section, should the reference to file obj.con be obj.conf?

ASandstrom said on May 4, 2004 at 6:18 AM :

Yes, you are correct. In the SunONE section, the reference to file obj.con should be obj.conf.
Thank you for the feedback!

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