1. Deploying CFML on J2EE: Opportunities & Challenges Charlie Arehart, CTO New Atlanta Communications charlie@newatlanta.com

2. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Overview Protecting your CFML investments in 2004 Why deploying CFML on J2EE is useful to us, enterprise mgt, and more How to install and configure J2EE deployments On BlueDragon and ColdFusion MX 6.1 Alternative beneficial deployment scenarios Resources for learning more

3. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC About Your Speaker CTO of New Atlanta Communications since April ‘03 7 yrs CF experience (20+ yrs Enterprise IT) Co-author of ColdFusion MX Bible Frequent contributor to ColdFusion Dev Journal Past accomplishments of note Tech Editor, CFDJ Team Macromedia Member Allaire/Macromedia Certified Instructor Allaire/Macromedia Certified Adv CF Developer (4, 5, MX) Macromedia Customer Advisory Board Member Contributor to Macromedia Devnet, Dev Exchange Frequent speaker to user groups, conferences worldwide

4. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC CFML in 2004 The technology platform “highway” has split, and most organizations today are faced with choosing directions between Sun's J2EE and Microsoft's.NET Are you hearing “Thou shalt move to J2EE”? Or.NET? Management being persuaded by “standard architectures” Architectural committees often prefer J2EE or.NET, see CF as proprietary Vendors focus on JSP/servlets as only tools in J2EE toolkit And ASP.NET as only tools in.NET web toolkit

5. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Moving to J2EE/.NET All parties in J2EE world think JSPs/servlets are the only way to go (or ASP.NET in.NET world) You and mgt may feel that converting CFML apps to JSP (or ASP.NET) is the only alternative Conversion is no trivial undertaking For all but simplest applications, not a simple matter Can be very expensive One company was quoted $10 million and 2 years to convert an enterprise-class CFML application to JSP/servlets Retraining folks in Java, JSP, J2EE, EJB, (or.NET) is not trivial Studies show 9-12 months, and even then 60% will fail From JavaPro Oct ’03, “Power of Patterns”

6. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Protecting Your CFML Investment Are you facing sunsetting of CFML applications? Don’t need to throw away your CFML investment! Can instead move the CFML to J2EE server and keep it running Can start integrating with Java, if you’d like Or start converting CFML to JSP/servlets at your own pace Can even gain benefit deploying CFML on J2EE As we’ll see later Both CFMX and BlueDragon can deploy CFML on J2EE BlueDragon can also deploy CFML on.NET

7. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC How Easy It Can Be Let’s walk through deploying CFML as a J2EE web app Show CFML code running “normally” on CF Server Copy that code into a J2EE web app Deploy that web app on a J2EE server Show the CFML code running on the J2EE server Edit the CFML code, show that it detects changes It’s still just CFML—deployed on a J2EE Server Can also create a WAR file from the deployed application Can redeploy that WAR file Concept is that you might develop on one machine, deploy WAR on another Some J2EE servers or administrators will only accept a WAR file And will not allow editing or configuring the app once deployed

8. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Installation for BlueDragon Steps for J2EE deployment using BlueDragon Download BlueDragon/J2EE edition (available as trial) www.newatlanta.com/bluedragon/ Extract the zip, tar, or self-extracting exe file Creates directory with a standard J2EE web app Duplicate that web app (using original as a template) Copy your CFML into that new web app directory Deploy it on any J2EE server, any number of times, on any OS J2EE servers vary on options for deployment May offer auto –deployment by dropping webapp into special dir Most offer a web-based admin console to deploy as well Often there are benefits granted to admin-deployed apps Optionally, configure web server integration in app server to point to code elsewhere

9. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Installation for CFMX Steps for J2EE deployment using ColdFusion MX Download CFMX 6.1 Enterprise Run the installer, choosing 3 rd option to creates either WAR or EAR file Unpack that EAR or WAR file and deploy that May involve additional steps See www.macromedia.com/go/cfmxj2ee-cert for more on details for each J2EE serverwww.macromedia.com/go/cfmxj2ee-cert As needed, configure for Verity, COM, C++, Corba, Charting, Security, etc. Deploy result onto J2EE server Run CF Administrator, first time after deploying, to execute “configuration and settings wizard” Move your code into the deployed web application Or configure web server integration in app server to point to code elsewhere Unfortunately, many J2EE admins don’t want (or won’t allow) post- deployment modifications

10. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Installation Resources Where to learn more about installation for J2EE? BlueDragon J2EE resources New Atlanta manual, “Deploying CFML on J2EE Servers with BlueDragon” www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/self_help /docs/index.cfm www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/self_help /docs/index.cfm My June 2004 CFDJ Article, “CFML on J2EE: Easy as 1-2-3” Available on New Atlanta web site, under “editorials” CFMX for J2EE Resources Macromedia manual, “Installing and Using ColdFusion MX” Chapter 4, “Installing the J2EE Configuration” www.macromedia.com/go/cfmxj2ee-cert Several technotes

11. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Other CF/BD Differences Cost CFMX Enterprise: $5999 for 2 CPUs (includes JRun) BlueDragon/J2EE: $2499 per CPU For those new to BlueDragon BlueDragon 6.1 now supports CFMX 6.1 features, such as CFCs, XML, web services Lacks only: CFAPPLET, CFGRID, CFLOGIN, CFCHART, CFREPORT, CFTRACE BlueDragon has many other advantages to consider See http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/read/601768.htm WebSphere users: Note that while CFMX does NOT supports Network Deployment, BlueDragon does

12. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Resource Differences Resource utilization Be aware that each web app deployed has some overhead for the CFML runtime support Important when deploying multiple instances (next) Can measure size of web app as installed, before deployment Cfusion.war 77 mb Bluedragon.war 9 mb Cfusion open web app 111 mb BlueDragon open web app 9 mb

13. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Deployment Alternatives Deploying multiple instances of a J2EE server Applies to both BlueDragon and CFMX Benefits (may depend on server) Isolation – one app can go nuts and not affect others Independent control of apps – can stop one for maintenance Separate Admin per application – settings as suitable per instance Security – segregation of custom tags, datasources, CFCs, etc.

14. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Deployment Alternatives More Benefits Performance - increased throughput, mult. JVMs, etc. Possibly clustering, load balancing, failover Either over multiple boxes Or even on a single box Including persistence, clustering of session variables Cost Single license of CFMX/BlueDragon can be used to create multiple instances on single machine Also, no longer need multiple boxes to create isolated instances All great for both enterprises and hosting providers

15. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Deployment Alternatives Resources on Multiple Instances “When One ColdFusion is Not Enough” – July ’03 CFDJ http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/article.cfm?id=626 Introducing Multiple Server Instances in ColdFusion MX Enterprise 6.1 http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/article s/multiple_61.htmlhttp://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/article s/multiple_61.html Advantages of Using Multiple Instances of ColdFusion MX for J2EE http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/j2ee/a rticles/multiple.htmlhttp://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/j2ee/a rticles/multiple.html Macromedia manual: “Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX” Chapter 7, “Using Multiple Server Instances”

16. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Other CFML/J2EE Benefits CFML on J2EE is super-charged! CFML can act as a standard J2EE component Can integrate with other components: JSP, servlets, EJB, JMS Can benefit from servlet filters, listeners, etc. Can participate in frameworks such as Struts, Portlets Enables CFML to run virtually anywhere Any OS, platform for which a J2EE server exists Mainframe or zSeries, AS/400 or iSeries, Netware, and more In addition to Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X, etc. See my April 2004 CFDJ article, “Making the Case for CFML on J2EE” http://sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44481&DE=1

17. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC BlueDragon/.NET Run CFML on.NET All the same benefits as J2EE edition Run CFML on the.NET framework No ColdFusion Server, No BD Server BlueDragon is a native.NET component, runs in GAC Your CFML remains CFML Can share session/application/request vars with ASP.NET Can include/forward between CFML and ASP.NET Can use CFOBJECT to call.NET components and more

18. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Conclusion Deploying CFML on J2EE can be easy It can bring many benefits, solve many problems BlueDragon/.NET will bring same benefits to.NET Management, developers, vendors all need to be educated CFML can be deployed as a native J2EE/.NET web app Opens many doors for improvement: Integration Performance Better Management More Allows CFML to live on as a valuable component in enterprise web application development

19. June 2004 New Atlanta Communications, LLC Contact Information Charlie Arehart CTO, New Atlanta Communications charlie@newatlanta.com newatlanta.com/bluedragon/ (678) 256-5395