Installing Coldfusion on Ubuntu

Dec 10, 2008

ColdFusion, Configuring Ubuntu, P.C. Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server

This is how I installed ColdFusion on my server, this may not work for you based on your setup. You can find my basic setup here:

http://www.routermods.com/ubuntu

1. Download the ColdFusion install files from adobe:

cd ~
wget http://www.adobe.com/go/trycoldfusion

2. Make sure your “Coldfusion-8-lin.bin” is executable

chmod +x Coldfusion-8-lin.bin

5. Execute the installation.

./Coldfusion-8-lin.bin (you probably need the “./”)

6. Choose “1? for English
7. Press “Enter” a few hundred times to get through the legal garbage (read it though)
8. Press “y” to accept license
9. Select “Install Type”, I choose 3 for developer edition
10. Choose an “Installer Configuration”, I choose 2 for Multiserver configuration
11. Choose “2? if ColdFusion/JRun are not already installed
12. Choose Subcomponents. I Toggled of “Documentation” and “Search Services”
13. Choose Install Folder. I left it at the default “/opt/jrun4?
14. Press “Enter” a few hundred times to get through the legalize (read it, again)
15. Press “y” to accept license
16. Enter Serial Number. I left it blank for development server
17. Choose “2? if ColdFusion/JRun are not already installed
18. STRANGE THINGS REPEAT!!!
19. Configure Web Servers. I didn’t add a web server connection only for dev
20. Runtime User. I left it at the default of “nobody”.
21. Enter Admin Password.
22. Enable RDS. I choose “yes”
23. Enter RDS password
24. Review your Configuration. Press “Enter”
25. Watch the blinking hypens, it is really awesome.
26. Installation Complete! You have successfully completed the first step in installing Adobe ColdFusion 8
with JRun 4.
27. Press Enter to exit the installer
28. To continue with your installation, go to /opt/jrun4/bin and type “./jrun -start cfusion” to start the cfusion server on JRun.
29. Once the server is started, log in to the Configuration Wizard (cfadmin):