The multiserver configuration
is a customized installation of Tomcat. Tomcat supports multiple
server instances (also called Tomcat servers) running on the same
computer. Each server instance runs in a separate JVM, which executes
all ColdFusion pages for that instance.
Use
the Instance Manager area of the ColdFusion Administrator to define
and manage server instances. The Instance Manager only runs in the
cfusion Tomcat server that is created as part of a multiserver configuration
installation.
Note: When you create a server instance using the
Instance Manager, if you previously modified the cfusion (Enterprise
Manager) instance, the log files for the new instance point to the
default cfusion instance. Before you modify the cfusion instance,
ensure that you want to share the modification among all new instances.
When you create a server instance with the Instance Manager,
by default it deploys a copy of the cfusion server ColdFusion enterprise
application, including data sources, mappings, and settings. Alternatively,
you can create a server instance and specify the location of an
EAR or WAR file (created by the J2EE Archive page), which the Instance
Manager uses as the basis for your new ColdFusion server instance.
