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Inspiring
May 16, 2007
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Installation Type Differences

  • May 16, 2007
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I am unclear on the difference of the Multiserver Installation vs the J2EE Installation.
From reading the docs it sounds as though the Multiserver installation is the same as the J2EE Installation except that you are installing to a machine that does not have JRUN or another J2EE Server installed. We will be using JRUN. Am I able to do the same things with the Multiserver as with the J2EE Install?
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    Inspiring
    May 16, 2007
    From reading the docs it sounds as though the Multiserver installation
    is the same as the J2EE Installation except that you are installing to a
    machine that does not have JRUN or another J2EE Server installed. We
    will be using JRUN. Am I able to do the same things with the Multiserver
    as with the J2EE Install?


    Well, multi-server installs and runs under a JRun installation. My
    understanding is that the main difference is where does one configure
    and administrate the multiple instances.

    With the multi-home version you CAN configure and administer the
    multiple CF instances from the root CF instance 'CFusion' as well as
    from the JRun Server administrator. When you open the base
    CFIDE/Administrator/index.cfm tool, there is an "Instances" section
    where one can add, remove, and access other instances under the
    multi-home configuration.

    With a J2EE, Jrun or another, you would configure and administer the
    multiple ColdFusion instances from the Java administration tools.

    Other then that, I doubt there is much difference.
    Participating Frequently
    May 17, 2007
    That's correct.
    The multi-server configuration includes the Instance Manager and the Cluster Manager.
    Creating and deploying ColdFusion as an EAR or WAR file does not (J2EE Option)

    Please see About multiserver configuration and Installing an EAR file or WAR files