ColdFusion MX on Mac OS 10.3 with JBoss
In an effort to reduce the number of application servers running on my PowerBook, I decided to not install JRun and try to use ColdFusion MX Server on JBoss, the open source J2EE server that ships with Panther. Panther ships with 3.2.2 Release Candidate 2. Using the EAR deployment method with ColdFusion MX Server’s install, I was able to deploy CFMX. Woohoo! Copying the cfusion.ear file to the deploy directory enabled CFMX to launch without issue. I then stepped through the 6.1 setup wizard and away I went. However, upon rebooting the machine, I realized the CFMX was redeployed, and I had to step through the configuration process all over again.
I purchased a JBoss book last night that will hopefully unravel this mystery for me. More to follow…
Hi,
Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem. I deployed
cfusion.ear to JBoss and everything works great, but when I shutdown
the server, it deletes what it had deployed so when I restart, all my
settings are gone.
It stems from the fact that when it deploys cfusion.ear, it deploys it to
the ‘tmp’ directory instead of the ‘deploy’ directory. Have you found a
workaround for this? If so, please email me at chuck at chuckcaplan.com.
Thanks a lot.
Chuck
Comment by caplan8293 — April 27, 2005 @ 5:04 pm
Chuck,
Alas, no, I never did figure this one out, though you might have some luck on the CF forums. I happily do not have to deal with ColdFusion anymore (fingers crossed)…
8^)
Comment by Barry Hawkins — May 6, 2005 @ 3:14 pm
Try expanding the EAR to directory cfusion.ear and then expand cfusion.war to directory cfusion.war. That How I got mine to retain its configuration. The only problem I now encounter is accessing html files from my context root dir. It’s a configuration issue. Check this site out for tomcat setup.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/j2ee/cfmx7j2ee_home.html
Its for CFMX 7 but its basically the same setup.
Steve
Comment by salowrey — May 12, 2005 @ 11:08 am