User guide

INSTALLING COLDFUSION 9

Installing the J2EE Configuration

Last updated 1/20/2012

ColdFusion and J2EE application servers

One of the main advantages of ColdFusion is that you can install it as an integrated server (the server configuration)

or deploy it as a Java application on a standards-based J2EE application server (multiserver configuration and 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 in the J2EE configuration by using a J2EE application server, such as JRun 4 or 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 file Contains 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 /context-root/CFIDE. It forwards requests to the ColdFusion Administrator when

ColdFusion uses a context root other than a forward slash (/).

Enterprise application archive file Contains 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:

ColdFusion Administrator password? ___________________________________________________

Whether to enable RDS? ___ Yes

___ No

Note: RDS allows the server to interact with remotely connected developers. Adobe

recommends that you disable RDS for production servers.

Disabling RDS also disables the directory browsing applets in the ColdFusion

Administrator.

RDS password? ___________________________________

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