Using Multiple Server Instances

Instead of JRun, Tomcat 7.0.8 is embedded with a stand-alone ColdFusion 11 installation. Previous versions of ColdFusion installer allow you to create multi-server installations whereas ColdFusion 10 installer lets you only install stand-alone installation. After installing ColdFusion in stand-alone mode, you can create multiple instances and clusters, provided you have an Enterprise or Developer license.

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 Tomcat 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.

• About multiple server instances
• Defining additional server instances
• Enabling application isolation
• Enabling clustering for load balancing and failover
• Define remote server instances to the ColdFusion Administrator