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RickTX
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September 7, 2010
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New Server

  • September 7, 2010
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Do I need J2EE application server or JRun installed on a new server?

I've installed Cold Fusion on my machine and it installed all kind of java based stuff.

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ilssac
ilssac
Inspiring
September 7, 2010

Well JR beat me to the answer.

Yes, ColdFusion, since version 6, is a Java application and as such will run on some form of Java.

How hidden or exposed that is depends on what flavor of ColdFusion you choose to install (StandAlone, Multi-Home or J2EE).

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RickTXAuthor
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September 7, 2010

I have CF 6.1 MX; i might have installed some other components that installed Jave based apps.

Well, I have another question:

I have an existing production server running CF 6.1 MX on Windows 2003 server.  The same server is used to develop CF application but it is setup in a different folder. I need to setup a new CF server (windows 2003 server) with CF 6.1 MX and migrate CF application to this new server which already has some other Microsoft based applications installed on it. Once this new server is setup; i will need to turn off the old server and use the new one in production for CF application.


The following are my questions:

1.  If I install CF 6.1 MX on this new server; do I need to install any other apps/components besides CF 6.1 MX?

2.  Do I need to copy any other files/settings besides exporting settings from the old server and then importing it in to the new server?

3.   For development, If I copy the development folder from the old server to the new server withing the same folder structure; is it all I need to do to setup my development environment on this new server?

I have been reading CF installation documents but don't think they are straight forward (in my opinion).

thanks you.

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JR__Bob__Dobbs
Inspiring
September 7, 2010

I can give only a general response to your questions without being familiar with your server setup and web sites.

1. You should install any updaters (service packs) and security fixes for your server. You should also update your JVM to version 1.4.2_11 or 1.4.2_15 to avoid issues with daylight savings time.

http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_d2ab4470_en-us

2. That depends on the nature of your web site. Does your site depend on any non-ColdFusion resources such as COM or Java objects? If so they will need to be migrated to the new server.

3. I would keep development and production code on separate servers.

Be aware that CF 6.l is no longer a supported product and is no longer receiving patches from Adobe. You should consider moving to CF9 if possible.

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JR__Bob__Dobbs
Inspiring
September 7, 2010

The "Installation considerations" portion of the CF documentation might be useful to you.  It states that "ColdFusion 9 is built in Java. By default, ColdFusion installs and runs on JDK 1.6. If you install ColdFusion 9 on any J2EE server that is not running on JRE 1.6, replace the tools.jar file in the lib directory with the tools.jar file from the appropriate JRE."

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Installing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cdec186d9-7fff.html
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