Deploying ColdFusion 9 on BEA WebLogic



The following instructions tell you how to deploy ColdFusion 9 on BEA WebLogic 7, 8.1, 9.2, and 10. You can deploy ColdFusion 9 on BEA WebLogic using either an expanded EAR file or WAR files.

The following terms refer toJRun and ColdFusion directories:

cfusion_install_directory
The directory that contains the files extracted by the ColdFusion install, for example, C:\cf9 or /opt/cf9.

wl_root
The directory that contains WebLogic, for example, C:\bea.

wldomain_root
The directory that contains the WebLogic domain into which you deployed ColdFusion.

cf_webapp_root
The directory into which you deployed the ColdFusion web application, for example, C:\bea\user_projects\cfdomain\applications\cfusion-war.

java_home
The root directory of your Java 2 software development kit (J2SDK); for example, C:\j2sdk1.6.

Install ColdFusion 9 on WebLogic

  1. Run the ColdFusion installation wizard, choosing the J2EE configuration.

    The installation wizard places the WAR files in the install directory.

  2. Determine the WebLogic domain in which to deploy ColdFusion 9. Optionally, create a domain.

  3. Because ColdFusion 9 must run from an expanded directory structure, expand the cfusion.war and rds.war files manually, and expand the web applications by doing the following:

    1. Open a console window, navigate to the directory that contains the WAR files, and create a directory for the ColdFusion WAR file (named whatever you want the context root to be) and the RDS WAR file (named CFIDE):

      cd cf_install_directory 
md cfusion (Windows, mkdir cfusion on UNIX) 
md CFIDE (Windows, mkdir CFIDE on UNIX)

    2. Change to the cfusion directory and expand the cfusion.war file with the jar command:

      cd cfusion 
java_home/bin/jar -xvf ../cfusion.war

    3. Go up one level to the install directory:

      cd ..

    4. Go to the CFIDE directory and expand the rds.war file with the jar command:

      cd CFIDE 
java_home/bin/jar -xvf ../rds.war

  4. Open the weblogic.policy file. On WebLogic 10, the file is located in the BEA_HOME/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/ directory. In a text editor, comment out the restrictive permissions, and add permission java.security.AllPermission; to the default permissions section, as the following example shows:

    ... 
// default permissions granted to all domains 
grant { 
permission java.security.AllPermission; 
/* 
 
    permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.version", "read"; 
    permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vendor", "read"; 
    ... 
    permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.name", "read"; 
*/ 
}; 
...

  5. Deploy the cfusion and CFIDE directory structures using your site-specific WebLogic deployment method.

  6. Ensure that the following jars are in the startup script’s classpath.

    WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/jintegra.jar 
WEB-INF/flex/jars/cfgatewayadapter.jar 
WEB-INF/flex/jars/concurrent.jar

  7. Review the console messages and server log to ensure that ColdFusion 9 deployed successfully.

  8. Start the ColdFusion Administrator, which runs the Configuration wizard.

  9. To install any other integrated Adobe or third-party technologies, see Installing Integrated Technologies.

  10. Configure and manage your system, as described in Configuring Your System.

  11. To learn about ColdFusion, read the documentation, which is accessible through the Documentation link on the Resources page of the ColdFusion Administrator.

    Note: You must copy the version of tools.jar that the application server uses to the cfusion/lib directory.

Configure operating system-specific binary support in Windows

  1. Locate the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic cmd file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Make a backup copy of this file.

  3. Open the startup script.

  4. Establish the following basic variables at the beginning of the script:

    • CF_WEB_INF

    • CF_SHARED_LIB

      For example:

      SET CF_WEB_INF=cf_webapp_root\WEB-INF 
SET CF_SHARED_LIB=%CF_WEB_INF%\cfusion\lib

  5. Save the startup script and restart the WebLogic Server.

Enable COM support for Windows

  1. Open the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic cmd file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Establish the following variables:

    • JINTEGRA_PATH

    • PRE_CLASSPATH

    • PRE_PATH

      For example:

      SET JINTEGRA_PATH= %CF_WEB_INF%\cfusion\jintegra\bin; %CF_WEB_INF%\cfusion\jintegra\bin\international 
SET PRE_CLASSPATH=%CF_SHARED_LIB%\jintegra.jar 
SET PRE_PATH=%CF_SHARED_LIB%;%JINTEGRA_PATH%

Configure operating system-specific binary support in UNIX

  1. Locate the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic.sh file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Make a backup copy of this file.

  3. Open the startup script.

  4. Establish the following basic variables at the beginning of the script:

    • CF_WEB_INF

    • CF_SHARED_LIB

      For example:

      CF_WEB_INF=cf_webapp_root/WEB-INF 
CF_SHARED_LIB=${CF_WEB_INF}/cfusion/lib

  5. Save the startup script and restart the WebLogic Server.

Enable access to Verity binary files in UNIX

  1. Open the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic.sh file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Establish the following variables:

    • CF_SHARED_LIBS

    • LD_LIBRARY_PATH

      For example:

      # Set up shared library path for ColdFusion to pick up Verity 
# shared libs. Use path syntax - entries separated by colon. 
# Use _ss026/bin for Solaris and _ilnx21/bin for Linux 
# CF_SHARED_LIBS="${CF_SHARED_LIB}:${CF_SHARED_LIB}/_ss026/bin" 
CF_SHARED_LIBS="${CF_SHARED_LIB}:${CF_SHARED_LIB}/_ilnx21/bin" 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${CF_SHARED_LIBS}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"

  3. Save the startup script and restart the WebLogic Server.

Enable ColdFusion security in Windows

  1. Open the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic cmd file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Establish or append to the following variable:

    • CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS

    • MEM_ARGS

      If you are not using JRockit, append -Xms32m -Xmx512m -Xss64k -XX:MaxPermSize=128m to the existing MEM_ARGS line of the startup script.

      If you are using JRockit, append -Xms32m -Xmx512m -Xss64k to the existing MEM_ARGS line of the startup script.

    • JAVA_OPTIONS

      Append the CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS variable to the existing JAVA_OPTIONS line of the startup script)

      For example:

      @rem Security options are only required if enabling sandbox security 
SET CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS="-Djava.security.manager" 
@rem You must append %CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS% to the existing JAVA_OPTIONS value. 
set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dweblogic.security.SSL.trustedCAKeyStore=C:\BEA_HOME\server\lib\cacerts %CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS% %CF_COM_JVM_OPTIONS% 
@rem You must append the following to the existing MEM_ARGS value. 
@rem -Xms32m -Xmx512m -Xss64k -XX:MaxPermSize=128m

  3. Save the startup script and restart the WebLogic Server.

Enable ColdFusion security and graphing support in UNIX

  1. Open the startup script for the WebLogic domain, which is typically the startWebLogic.sh file, which is located in the wldomain_root\bin directory.

  2. Establish or append to the following variables:

    • CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS

    • CF_GRAPHING_JVM_OPTIONS

    • MEM_ARGS

      If you are not using JRockit, append -Xms32m -Xmx512m -Xss64k -XX:MaxPermSize=128m to the existing MEM_ARGS line of the startup script.

      If you are using JRockit, append -Xms32m -Xmx512m -Xss64k to the existing MEM_ARGS line of the startup script.

    • JAVA_OPTIONS

      Append the CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS variable to the existing JAVA_OPTIONS line of the startup script)

      For example:

      # Security options are only required if enabling sandbox security 
CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS="-Djava.security.manager" 
CF_GRAPHING_JVM_OPTIONS="-Djava.awt.headless=true" 
# You must append ${CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS} and ${CF_GRAPHING_JVM_OPTIONS} 
# to the existing JAVA_OPTIONS value. 
# JAVA_OPTIONS="default java options ${CF_SECURITY_JVM_OPTIONS} ${CF_GRAPHING_JVM_OPTIONS}" 
# You must append the following to the MEM_ARGS variable coded 
# in the server startup file: 
# "-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"

  3. Save the startup script and restart the WebLogic Server.