Coldfusion 8 /Apache Connector Bug??????

[myjeep]

I have wasted almost 3 weeks now on this problem. It will cost us $500 to get a answer if this is a bug on Coldfusion 8. Almost ready to jump this ship and go to the Open source camp!

Install went fine.
Running Red Hat 4AES
Apache 2.0
ColdFusion 8


I rebuilt the connector about 10 times now....using
the following document

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=121a0b29&sliceId=2

when I try to start Coldfusion I get the following error....

The ColdFusion 8 server is starting up and will be available shortly.
======================================================================
Running the ColdFusion 8 connector wizard
======================================================================
Configuring the web server connector (Launched on the first run of the ColdFusion 8 start script)
Running apache connector wizard...
=======================================
There was an error while running the connector wizard
Connector installation was not successful
=======================================
======================================================================
ColdFusion 8 has been started.
ColdFusion 8 will write logs to /usr/coldfusion8/logs/cfserver.log

[Guest]

I am sorry for your problems, but do not jump ship yet. If your connector has been properly configured manually you are 99% of the way there. Go to coldfusion8/bin. Rename your cfmx-connectors.sh to cfmx-connectors.txt. Restart coldfusion. It should run fine. The coldfusion startup script looks for cfmx-connectors.sh and runs it if it is found. Renaming it prevents this. You system should startup.

If it does not startup, you might try editing and running coldfusion8/bin/apache_connector.sh. You will want to point the -dir argument at the directory where httpd.conf is. Point the bin argument at where httpd is and script argument where apachectl is. Run the sh from its directory with root privs. That should configure it.

By the way - installation support is free for licensed users. Also googling the error "Connector installation was not successful" would bring you to a number of threads that have this information. Again, sorry for your troubles.

[myjeep]

Ken:

I also wish we do not have to as we have made quite a bit of investment on this platform. But when you can't install the product to begin with or when calling for support you get shipped to India from one desk to another and back to where you started it not a very pleasant experience.!!!! I understand that Adobe is huge bureaucracy and just like any other American company Adobe is thinking they are saving money by shipping the call center to some village in India, but its not working... Sorry...Compare to, I paid $2000/ yr for support + software for Mysql (open source), I get 1 hr response.... Just an example...! Hope you can channel this message to the manager who thinks India is the answer after charging 5K for the software License and ***NO Support*** .!!!!

Now on to my issue....

I have tried that by naming the cf-connectors.sh to cf-connectors_Run.sh before posring here and it does start the Coldfusion but the HTTPD do **NOT start...


[root@webLive bin]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 506 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun20.so into server: /usr/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun20.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[FAILED]


I have the following in the /bin/connector/apache_connector.sh file

../../runtime/bin/wsconfig \
-server coldfusion \
-ws apache \
-dir /etc/httpd/conf \
-bin /usr/sbin/httpd \
-script /etc/init.d/httpd \
-coldfusion -apxs

exit $#



Now on to my

[myjeep]

By the way I do have the directory

/usr/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/

and I have jrunserver.store and mod_jrun20.so in the folder.


I am running apache 2.0 so mod_jrun20.so matches....

I have manually created the jrunserver.store according to Adobe Document and have the following....

proxyservers=127.0.0.1:51800

[Эшл]

I have this problem too.
My platform is Gentoo Linux. Apache 2 installed ins system.

Wgen I rename "cf-connectors.sh" to "cf-connectors.sh.txt" ColdFusion startup normally. But it not linkage with Apache, I think. Because I am not seing ColdFusion Administrator page on " http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm".

In "cf-connectors.sh":
$CONNECTOR_JAVA -Dtrace.ci=1 -jar $CF_DIR/runtime/lib/wsconfig.jar -server coldfusion -ws apache -dir /etc/apache2 -bin /usr/sbin/apache2 -script /etc/init.d/apache2 -coldfusion -v > /opt/coldfusion8/ConnectorInstall0.txt 2>&1

In "connectors/apache_connector.sh":
#!/bin/sh
#
# Configure the Apache connector.
# -dir should be the *directory* which contains httpd.conf
# -bin should be the path to the apache *executable*
# -script should be the path to the script which is used to
# start/stop apache
#
../../runtime/bin/wsconfig \
-server coldfusion \
-ws apache \
-dir /etc/apache2 \
-bin /usr/sbin/apache2 \
-script /etc/init.d/apache2 \
-coldfusion

exit $#


When i do:
# /etc/init.d/apche2 restart
it says:
apache2: Syntax error on line 165 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Cannot load /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun22.so into server: /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun22.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

[Эшл]

Any ideas for this?

[Guest]

It's 10:14pm EST, why the thread displayed "12/04/2007 03:12:35 AM", 5 hours ahead of us, what did that tell you?

[Guest]

>>It's 10:14pm EST, why the thread displayed "12/04/2007 03:12:35 AM", 5 hours ahead of us, what did that tell you?

It tells me we use GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which is a reasonable standard when you have customers throughout the world.

[myjeep]

I am extremely sorry for all the anger, as that was not my intention !!!!! I am just trying to solve the issue on hand and I have wasted 3 weeks calling for support and I got shipped to India from one desk to another.... This a fact and not a angry political statement!

I have scoured goggle with the looking for the same error message and have tried all the suggestions. Now I have been contacted by a Adobe support person. Hopefully he will be able to solve my issue...

As far Adobe goes, the following is my observation... The product line has got complexer, the web site navigation to find simple information has got complex to mega Complex..., and to register a product, one would get shipped to India, and they have no clue about volume license VS single user license. In light of that , the Open Source community is providing rock solid product with mass community support. It should be an eye opener for companies like Adobe that they better get their acts to together or people like me will jump to open source platform in a blink of an eye.....

[Guest]

Anger has overtaken me, why not displayed "12/04/2007 03:37:53 AM GMT" to indicate that Adobe is such a global corporation instead of a US company and for all the practical purpose/clarity?

[Guest]

myjeep, you're not at fault at all. My point was/is that a company needs to provide decent/basic service when it releases a major product like cf8, for instance, has my thread/question about cf8 connection problem with IIS web server posted to Advanced Techniques section a few days ago been answered by Adobe support? Was the question unclear? I don't think so.

[myjeep]

Ok, I waited all day and left two VM to support team @ Adobe. His name is Jay Proulex. Have not heard a word or a email.

Come guys lets be serious... We purchased two Coldfusion licenses and not to mention training classes... Its been 3 weeks where I am in this limbo.....Can I get some respect of a paying customer???

[Guest]

Turns out myjeep was trying to configure on RHES 4 64 bit. That is why apache will not configure. He is going to re-install under 32 bit RHES. Stay tuned.

We did start to discuss possible 64 bit workarounds, including the CF8 updater 1 now in public Alpha testing.

PS. It will be in Beta late Dec./Early Jan at prerelease.adobe.com

[Guest]

Ken Smith, your name rings a bell, have you been with Macromedia then Adobe for a while?

[Guest]

Ken,
Re: my later post as Coderunner---CF8 on RHEL 5 with Apache 2.2.3--
I thought i was clever and checked with my 'authorized CF8 vendor and support provider' before starting on the nightmare and invested in teh equipment + o/s 'officially approved by adobe'. according to the info i was given, CF8 will run on RHEL 5 + apache 2.2.x + amd64 installed as 32 bit.. well it ain't workin' really need some help

I came across this thread and reviewed the related reference materials and and edit my files accordingly (httpd.conf, jrun.xml, ../connectors/jurnserver.store ..

Apache fails to start as long as the connector is enabled..
I'm wondering if there are some more lines needed in the LoadModule section ????? played with it some to no avail.

THe CF8 server is running...but no connection with Apache..

Thanks in advance.

One other question: IS IT TRUE, myjeep paid for two licenses and still had to wait that long for a response?

I'm starting to get the notion that Adobe support is extremely thin....

[Guest]

Coderunner,
The forums is not the place to come if you are looking for explicit support from Adobe. These are user forums. I answer forum questions as I am able to and have the time to.

There is free installation support available to licensed owners. Follow the links from here. You will need to register your product, first.

I can tell you I have CF8 running on RHE5 w Apache 2.2 on an amd64 & an amd64 x2. It works! So, take a look at coldfusion8/bin/connectors/apache_connector.sh. Make sure the arguments are correctly set for your installation and run it. If it errors, comeback with the errors. If you need more assistance use the free email support.

[Guest]

Ok , i figured out my personal problem (lol)..it begins with a reluctance to spend money on something i've not seen working..anyhow..the keyword on this connector issue is ..... SELINUX..followed that around..changed beaucoup security domain settings and voila.. CF8 and Apache are now talking to each other and we are all just one big happy family. RHEL 5 32 bit on amd64 + apache 2.2.3 + CF8.

[Guest]

Could use similar assistance with our CF8 Standard upgrade.

I have spent a week trying to upgrade our dedicated server from CFMX7 to CF8 with no success. I submitted an Adobe support request ticket (Case #0180044098) about five days ago, but am still waiting for them to help me resolve the problem. Thought I would post this in case someone can offer assistance while I am waiting for the Adobe school solution.

Our server configuration is as follows:
-- LINUX version: REDHAT Enterprise 4 i686 on standard - WHM X v3.1.0
-- Apache version: 2.0.63
-- MySQL version: 5.0.45-community
-- PHP version: 5.2.5
-- WebHost Manager: version 11.15.0
-- cPanel Version: 11.18.1-RELEASE, cPanel Build: 20683

Here is what I have done most recently:

(1) Uninstalled CF8 (for about the fourth time).
(2) Deleted /opt/coldfusionmx7 and /opt/coldfusion8 directories.
(3) Restarted Apache, ensured the httpd-devel version of Apache was installed.
(4) Reinstalled CF8 (for about the 5th time); it is running and appears to have installed successfully (except for Apache connectors).
(5) Modified /opt/coldfusion8/bin/connectors/apache_connector.sh as follows:

../../runtime/bin/wsconfig \
-server coldfusion \
-ws apache \
-dir /etc/httpd/conf \
-bin /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd \
-script /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl \
-coldfusion

(6) Ran ./wsconfig -uninstall to remove old/incorrect connectors.
(7) Ran ./wsconfig per the information below which indicated that JRun Apache connector install was successful.

Here are the results of running the ./wsconfig ...

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[root@_______ bin]# ./wsconfig -uninstall
[Wed Mar 05 01:15:06 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts
Restarted Apache server
The Apache connector was removed from /etc/httpd/conf


[root@_______ bin]# ./wsconfig -server coldfusion -ws Apache -dir /etc/httpd/conf -bin /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -script /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl -coldfusion -v
Found JRun server coldfusion at 127.0.0.1:2930
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
Using Apache binary /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
Using resource gcc3/mod_jrun20.so.20020903
Server version: Apache/2.0.63
Using Apache control script /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl
Parsing Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Exec'ing chmod 777 /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1
Set permission to 777 on /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
Using resource gcc3/mod_jrun20.so.20020903
Server version: Apache/2.0.63
Exec'ing chmod +x /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun20.so
Set permission to execute on /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun20.so
Created file /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/mod_jrun20.so
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
Using resource gcc3/mod_jrun20.so.20020903
Server version: Apache/2.0.63
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
Using resource gcc3/mod_jrun20.so.20020903
Server version: Apache/2.0.63
Wrote file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Added JRun configuration to Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Created file /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/1/README.txt
Wrote file /opt/coldfusion8/runtime/lib/wsconfig/wsconfig.properties
Exec'ing /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart
[Wed Mar 05 01:21:18 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts
Restarted Apache server
The Apache connector was installed to /etc/httpd/conf
[root@_______ bin]#
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Although everything appears to have installed correctly, our server and website will still not recognize or process .cfm files. So I am still unable to even access CF8 Administrator and our site will not process Coldfusion files, just asks me, "Do you want to save this file, or find a program online to open it?"

Never had any problems with CFMX7 install or operation, so this is most disconcerting.

I am not a happy camper.

Any suggestions while I am waiting for my Adobe customer support ticket to be answered will be most appreciated.

Thanks.

[gayanb]

hi myjeep,

Don't worry there is a CF8 installation guide on my blog.
I have installed CF8 with apache on my Linux box for about 8 times.
Here is the link and it really works . please carefully follow the steps.

http://gayanonline.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-install-coldfusion-8-on-linux.html

[Guest]

Have you done any CF8 installs on servers that use WebHost Manager, cPanel, and EasyApache 3? While my RHEL Linux ES4 and Apache 2.2 applications meet the CF8 requirements, seems that the cPanel applications, especially EasyApache 3, are the root of my CF8 install problems.

I worked through your recommended procedure, and while the CF8 install and connectors scripts seem to work, the server will still not allow me to access CF8 Administrator and does not process .cfm files. Our dedicated server (at a remote hosting location, not a box I can physically access) uses cPanel WebHost Manager and cPanel, which incorporate Easy::Apache v3.2.0 Build 3964 for Apache install and configuration. Because EasyApache 3 manipulates Apache files, including httpd config files, this seems to be the cause of my install problems.

I am still working through this problem and would appreciate any other insights, especially pertaining to cPanel and EasyApache 3.

[Pimpag]

I found my answers within this thread, thanks alot guys and girls!

This place is shweet 🙂 hehe.

[Guest]

Well, great news for my part as well; I am a happy Coldfusion camper once more.

The cPanel staff rebuild of our server to correct the Apache (cPanel EasyApache 3) install did the trick. The Coldfusion8 install went flawlessly using the following config setup:
-- Directory: /usr/local/apache/conf/
-- Bin: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
-- Script: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl

Note that it was not even necessary to run wsconfig, nor did cPanel/Apache accept "Includes" since the Apache connectors ran directly from the CF8 install procedure.

So, for future reference for other frustrated Coldfusion/cPanel-WebHost Manager customers, this whole problem apparently stemmed from the fact that the operating system was not installed by our web host provider with a base installation, and the Apache RPMs were installed as part of the OS installation. Since EasyApache builds Apache completely from source, this can cause some conflicts.

The solution was to remove the Apache RPMs and then build Apache using EasyApache to make sure that it was built correctly. At that point, we had a known working base for our ColdFusion installation. This allowed the CF8 installation to proceed just as it is supposed to, without even the need to run ./wsconfig or manually modify connector files.

[Эшл]

Now this problem solved for me. Because Adobe product ColdFusion to 64-bit platform.