Preparing To Install Using The J2Ee Configuration; Installing An Ear File Or War Files - MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7 - INSTALLING AND USING COLDFUSION MX Using Manual

Platforms
Full ColdFusion MX 7 functionality is available on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Additionally,
you can install and deploy the all-Java ColdFusion MX 7 J2EE configuration on other platforms,
although without the functionality provided by platform-specific binary files (C++ CFXs).

Preparing to install using the J2EE configuration

This section provides installation instructions for the ColdFusion MX 7 J2EE configuration.
When you install the J2EE configuration, you have the following options:
New installation—multiserver configuration
JRun 4 with ColdFusion MX 7 deployed and configured as an enterprise application in a JRun
server. For installation details, see
configuration" on page
another J2EE application server is not already installed on the computer and you plan to use
JRun 4 instead of another J2EE application server.
New installation—create an EAR or WAR file
application server running on the computer. The installation wizard creates an EAR file or two
WAR files, which you deploy using J2EE application-server-specific tools or utilities. For
installation details, see

Installing an EAR file or WAR files

If your computer is already running a J2EE application server, the installation wizard creates an
EAR file or WAR files, which you deploy using application-server-specific tools.
The ColdFusion MX 7 J2EE configuration must run from an expanded directory structure.
Different J2EE application servers have different functionality with regard to deployment and an
expanded directory structure, as follows:
Deploy compressed archive to working directory
IBM WebSphere), the deployment process expands the EAR/WAR file into a working directory
and, from that point forward, the expanded directory is considered to be the application. For
these application servers, you deploy the compressed EAR/WAR file and work in the resulting
directory structure.
Deploy expanded archive as working directory
and BEA WebLogic), the deployment process expands the EAR/WAR file into a temporary
directory and (conceptually), the compressed EAR/WAR file is still considered to be the
application. For these application servers, you must expand the EAR/WAR file manually, and
then deploy the expanded directory structure, which becomes your working directory.
The following sections provide installation procedures for Windows and UNIX systems. For
more about deployment and configuration, see
configuration" on page
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On some J2EE application servers (such as
On other application servers (such as JRun 4
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