Entries Tagged as Railo
What I've learned about Railo
Posted by Jason Durham | Tags: ColdFusion , Railo
In my last post, I outlined some steps to get Railo working with IIS. I also vented some frustrations about the [lack of centralized] documentation provided by Railo. I had the pleasure of personal support from Gert Franz from Railo. I sent him an email explaining some frustrations and he offered to remote into my machine and look things over. Within a few minutes, Gert had me straightened out and on my merry way.
Railo 3.0 Community, Resin 3.1 and IIS6 -- Learn from my mistakes
Posted by Jason Durham | Tags: ColdFusion , IIS , Railo
What is Railo 3.0 Community?
Railo is a free CFML engine that compares well to the commercial Adobe ColdFusion software. However, Railo differs in that it requires a 3rd party (also free) application server to work. According to Railo's web site, there appear to be multiple application servers that work, however the Community edition comes with Resin. Similar to Adobe ColdFusion, Railo also comes bundled with a built-in web server (actually, part of Resin).
I imagine that I'm not alone when I say that configuring Resin to work with IIS is a chore for a first-time user. For those that are unfamiliar with Resin, it is an open source Java (and PHP) application server. Resin comes with a built in web server, so technically, there really is no need for IIS. However, I'm a proponent for keeping things the same between environments (who isn't tho?). There are a number of sites that basically regurgitate the same configuration instructions for making IIS work with Resin. I spent nearly all of yesterday trying to accomplish this task...