Macromedia colfusion mx 7 Manual

CHAPTER 4

Installing the J2EE Configuration

This chapter describes how to install, deploy, and undeploy Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7
Enterprise Edition in the J2EE configuration. It includes overview information, specific
instructions for installing Macromedia JRun 4 (which automatically deploys and configures
ColdFusion MX 7), and general instructions for use with all J2EE application servers.

Contents

J2EE application servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Preparing to install using the J2EE configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Installing an EAR file or WAR files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Installing the Verity search server separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

ColdFusion MX 7 J2EE deployment and configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Undeploying ColdFusion MX 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

J2EE application servers

One of the main advantages of ColdFusion MX 7 is that it can be installed as an integrated server
(the server configuration) or deployed 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 MX 7 in the J2EE configuration using a J2EE application server,
such as JRun 4 or IBM WebSphere. When you use the J2EE EAR/WAR 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 using the tools
provided by your chosen application server.