This section lists the system requirements for ColdFusion MX for Windows and UNIX. This information was up-to-date at the time this document was written. For any updates, see http://www.macromedia.com/go/cfmxj2ee-cert.
Note: If you use Macromedia ColdFusion Studio to develop your web applications, note that ColdFusion MX supports ColdFusion Studio versions 4.5.2 and 5.0 only.
Operating system and Java requirements
The following table lists the operating systems supported by the ColdFusion MX for J2EE editions. The following considerations also apply:
With the exception of Sun ONE Web Server 6, the supported Java runtime environment is the default runtime installed with the application server.
You must install Sun JDK or JRE 1.3.1_03 before deploying ColdFusion MX on Sun ONE Web Server 6.
Additional system update requirements follow the table.
For the most up-to-date list of certified platforms, see the Macromedia support site, http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion.
Edition
Operating systems
BEA WebLogic Server 7.0
Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A Windows 2000 Server SP2 Red Hat Linux 7.2 SuSE Linux 7.2 Solaris 7 Solaris 8
IBM WebSphere 4
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6A Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Windows 2000 Server SP2 Red Hat Linux 6.2-7.3 SuSE Linux 7.2, 7.3 Solaris 7 Solaris 8 AIX 5L v5.1.0.2
IBM WebSphere 5.0
IBM WebSphere 5.1 Base or ND Single Server**
Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A Windows 2000 Server SP3 RedHat Advanced Server 2.1 SuSE Linux 7.3 Solaris 7 Solaris 8 AIX 5L v 5.1
Macromedia JRun 4
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6A Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Windows 2000 Server SP2 Windows XP Professional Red Hat Linux 6.2-7.3 SuSE Linux 7.2, 7.3 Solaris 7 Solaris 8
Sun ONE Web Server 6
Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A Windows 2000 Server SP2 Red Hat Linux 6.2-7.3 SuSE Linux 7.2, 7.3 Solaris 7 Solaris 8
Sun ONE Application Server 7
Windows 2000 Server SP2 Solaris 8 Solaris 9
** Vertical and horizontal clustering not supported.
Use of the Network Deployment console for deployment of ColdFusion applications
is also not supported.
Include the following updates for your
operating system:
To use Microsoft Access or other databases that require an ODBC driver, on Windows NT 4.0 Server or Windows 2000 Server, you must have the following component installed: MDAC 2.5 SP1 (http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm).
For all UNIX distributions, install the latest production-level patches, including the kernel, from the supplier's download sites: for Red Hat, ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub; for SuSE, ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub; for Solaris, http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access; for AIX, http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support.html.
Additional requirements and software support
The following table lists the hardware requirements, supported browsers, specific supported application server editions, and supported databases for the various ColdFusion MX for J2EE editions:
Category
J2EE server
Requirement
Minimum hardware requirements
All
Processor Windows and Linux: Pentium Solaris: SPARC AIX: POWER/3 Minimum RAM Developer Edition, Windows: 128 MB All others: 256 MB
Recommended RAM Developer Mode, Windows: 256MB All others: 512 MB
Free hard disk space To deploy: 400MB To run: 250MB
CD-ROM drive
Supported browsers
All
Internet Explorer 5.x, 6 Netscape 4, 6, 7 Mozilla 1.0
Supported Application servers
BEA WebLogic 7.0
BEA WebLogic Server 7.0
IBM WebSphere 4
IBM WebSphere Advanced Edition, Single Server 4.0.3 Advanced Edition 4.0.3
Note: FixPAK 3 or later is required
IBM WebSphere 5
IBM WebSphere Application Server
5.0, 5.1 IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developer
5.0, 5.1 IBM WebSphere Application Server for Network Deployment
5.1 (see earlier note for Network Deployment restrictions)
Macromedia JRun 4
Macromedia JRun 4
Sun One 6
Sun ONE Web Server, version 6.02
Sun ONE 7
Sun ONE Application Server version 7.0. Standard and Platform Editions
Supported databases
All
Drivers are supplied for the following databases: Oracle 8.1.7, 9i Sybase 11.9.2, 12 DB2 6.2, 7.2 Informix 9.x Microsoft SQL Server 7.x, 2000 MySQL Microsoft Access ColdFusion MX supports third-party JDBC type 4 drivers. On Windows, it also supports ODBC data sources.
To use third-party JDBC type 4 drivers, see the "Using a third-party JDBC database driver" section in the installation chapter for your J2EE server. The installation instructions also describe how to provide ODBC database support on Windows.
Comments are no longer accepted for ColdFusion MX. ColdFusion 8 is the current version.
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Somewhat dissatisfied with the web site. States that developer version of ColFusion will run on Linux. Linux on What architecture? I was looking for ColdFusion for Linux on POWER or PowerPC architecture distrubututions. Could not find any information.
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