Specifications

You can deploy ColdFusion in the J2EE configuration by using a J2EE application server, such IBM

WebSphere. When you use the J2EE configuration, you can use an existing J2EE application server; the

installation wizard creates a web application archive (WAR) or enterprise application archive (EAR) file, which

you then deploy by using the tools provided by your application server.

Choosing EAR or WAR deployment

In the J2EE environment, you deploy applications in one of the following formats:

Web application archive fileContains the ColdFusion application. A web application archive (also

called a WAR) uses a directory structure that contains a WEB-INF/web.xml deployment descriptor,

which defines the servlets and context parameters it uses. J2EE application servers can deploy web

applications in this directory structures as-is or in compressed WAR files that contain these directory

structures. However, ColdFusion must run from an expanded directory structure:

cfusion (cfusion.war)

WEB-INF

web.xml

CFIDE

cfdocs

CFIDE (rds.war)

WEB-INF

web.xml

The cfusion.war file contains the ColdFusion web application. The rds.war file is a web application that

redirects RDS requests from /CFIDE to / /CFIDE. It forwards requests to the ColdFusioncontext-root

Administrator when ColdFusion uses a context root other than a forward slash.

Enterprise application archive fileContains the ColdFusion and RDS redirector web applications. An

enterprise application archive (also called an EAR) uses a directory structure that contains a

META-INF/application.xml deployment descriptor, which defines the web applications that it contains.

J2EE application servers can deploy enterprise applications in these directory structures as-is or in

compressed EAR files that contain these directory structures. However, ColdFusion must run from an

expanded directory structure:

cfusion-ear

META-INF

application.xml

cfusion-war

WEB-INF

web.xml

CFIDE

cfdocs

rds.war

WEB-INF

web.xml

If your J2EE application server supports enterprise applications, install and deploy the EAR file. For

more information, see section in this page.Installing an EAR file or WAR files

Context root

Because the J2EE environment supports multiple, isolated web applications running in a server instance,