Starting ColdFusion Multi-Server Instances - Correct Method

This is one are were you won't find too many good docs on.

I have two servers running CentOS in a cluster, with each server running two CF 8.1 servers in a cluster on each server. So I have 4 CF prod servers.

The problem you will find is that the admin server interface can stop/start a service, but it uses the same jvm.config file as with thich the admin server was started. I have searched a lot, but couldn't find a solution to start the servers from the admin console. So I start them vir the "service" option on the OS level.

So I build a script were I can start each server with its own jvm.config file. Madness to allocate 1Gig of mem for the admin server just so that the other servers can get 1Gig as well.

Here is my startup script:

[root@clu1 logs]# cat /etc/init.d/coldfusion8multi

#!/bin/sh

# chkconfig: 345 90 14
# description: starts the MultiServer cfusion instance

if [ -f /etc/rc.common ]; then
. /etc/rc.common
fi

#
# Start ColdFusion 8 Multiserver
#
# Because this is a start up script, and will be run by root, we use a specific
# user (the user who installed) to run ColdFusion

CF_DIR="/opt/cfusion/clu1_man"
RUNTIME_USER=""cfusion""

su $RUNTIME_USER -c "$CF_DIR/bin/jrun -start cfusion >& $CF_DIR/logs/cfusion-event.log &"
su $RUNTIME_USER -c "$CF_DIR/bin/jrun -config $CF_DIR/bin/jvm.config_clu1 -start clu1_01 >& $CF_DIR/logs/cfusion-event.log &"
su $RUNTIME_USER -c "$CF_DIR/bin/jrun -config $CF_DIR/bin/jvm.config_clu2 -start clu1_02 >& $CF_DIR/logs/cfusion-event.log &"

Hope it helps a bit.

I'll start by saying I don't know for sure, but I would guess that it makes the CF instance start with its own JVM instance, rather than running in an existing JVM?

Info on this is a bit thin on the ground... Google doesn't turn up much.

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Adam