Using Multiple Server Instances
When you use the multiserver configuration to install Adobe
ColdFusion Enterprise Edition, you can use the ColdFusion Administrator
to create multiple server instances. Deploying ColdFusion on multiple
server instances lets you isolate individual applications and leverage
clustering functionality.
Management of multiple server instances changed as of ColdFusion
MX 7, as follows:
- ColdFusion MX
- Use
a J2EE deployment, along with J2EE application server features to
deploy the ColdFusion application on multiple instances of the J2EE application
server.
- Post-ColdFusion MX
- Use the ColdFusion Administrator in the
multiserver configuration to create JRun server instances and to
automatically deploy the ColdFusion application on those instances.
Additionally, you can combine the Administrator-driven server-instance
creation with the ColdFusion Administrator J2EE Archive feature
to deploy a ColdFusion application that contains all of your application’s
CFM files (including CFCs and CFRs), settings (including data source definitions),
and the ColdFusion web application. For more information on J2EE Archive,
see Packaging applications in J2EE archive files.
