Railo Express with Virtual Hosts

I wanted to play around with Railo's Extentions without too much messing around. So I thought I would use Railo Express, but I wanted a web site per application, so they could run from the web root. After a bit of Googling (with google cache to the rescure for www.railo-technologies.com/en/index.cfm?treeID=211) I found out how to get this working. This blog is mostly for my personal records, but if it helps others that is great too.

In /contexts directory you will see railo.xml. Make a copy of this file, eg railo-mangoblog.xml, and then edit it.
Find the following
    <Set name="resourceBase">
        <SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/webroot/
    </Set>
and change webroot to a new name, eg webroot-mangoblog

In the same file, uncomment the virtual hosts section and add you domain. eg
  <Set name="virtualHosts">
    <Array type="String">
      <Item>mangoblog.railo.org</Item>
    </Array>
  </Set>

Save this file.

Next create the directory you just defined in the same directory as webroot.

(Re)Start Railo using the BAT file(s). You should see a WEB-INF directory being created for you. You can now administor you site for that domain, eg http://mangoblog.railo.org/railo-context/admin/index.cfm

Posted by AJ Mercer at 7:19 PM - Categories: Railo

Railo 3.1 Open Source is here

The beta of Railo 3.1, the Open Source version, was released to day. I will update this blog entry once I have had a little play with this much anticipated release. One of the first things I will be checking out is the Extention Manager - download and install application from the Railo Administrator. Gert has been letting a few sneak peeks slip out that makes me think I will not be getting much sleep tonight (2am release in Perth).

Along with the engine, new web sites too.

• Railo Services and Support
• Railo Community

If you want to know more about Railo, and will be in Sydney in May (21-22), make sure you see Gert Franz at webDU 2009.

I am offcially a Railo Fan - it says so right on their site ;-)

Posted by AJ Mercer at 2:00 AM - Categories: CFML | ColdFusion | Railo

webDU 2009

I am all booked in for another trip to Sydney, this time the familiy is coming as well. Fly in Wednesday lunch, check in, then on the ferry to Manly. If there is time will try and swing by Bondi too. We are planning on going to the Aqaurium one night.

Then two days for ColdFusion and web goodness for me while the family hits the Sydney town. Looking foward to catching up with CF buddies and finally get to meet Gert Franz.

After that it is off to the Blue Mountains for the weekend. Then one more look around Sydney before flying home Monday afternoon.

0 comments - Posted by AJ Mercer at 2:37 PM - Categories: CFML | ColdFusion | Family Life | Railo

webonix.net is dynamic again

Well after a couple of months of being off-line, webonix is back - better, stonger, faster. New hardware, new Ubuntu and new Railo

Posted by Webonix at 4:49 PM - Categories: Railo | Webonix

New ColdFusion Podcast

Posted by Webonix at 8:57 PM - Categories: CFML | CFUGWA | ColdFusion | Railo

Adam Lehman on Railo Open Source

I was very keen to see what Adam Lehman had to say about Railo's announcement about going Open Source and joining forces with jboss.org after has scathing attack on New Atlanta for their openBD product.

I was actually surprised, and delighted by what I read. From what I have read, Adam has personal issues with New Atlanta, which may have had a lot to do with the tone of his blog entry. But in this blog he says Railo are doing it for the right reasons and have choosen the better licence. Perhaps we can read into that - less threatening for Adobe?? Maybe Railo have been more open with their intentions; I know Gert was keen to talk to Adobe before the big announcement

There is a little confusion about what Railo will do with their Enterprise product. From may chats with Gert, I was under the impression that they would still be selling this version. I am sure Railo will clarify this shortly.

He also makes a good point about the partnership with Redhat - will Railo be tied to Jboss?
Just as Adobe's CF8 is branching out to more J2EE Application Servers, is Railo aligning itself with one?

From my point of view, a huge fan of CFML - it is all good

Posted by Webonix at 9:07 PM - Categories: CFML | ColdFusion | Railo

Railo goes OpenSource

Today Gert Franz from Railo Technologies announced at Scotch on the Rocks that they will release an Open Source version of their CFML engine which will be available on jboss.org.

This comes hot on the heals of New Altlanta's announcement that BlueDragon would have an Open Source version of their Java based product.
The big difference here is the partnership with jboss.org. The JBoss Application Server is a popular J2EE server and has many community projects that provide services and feature for free. Railo's inclusion to this community will bring CFML to a whole new audience.

Railo on jboss.org

More Blogs:
Neil Middleton
Kai Koenig
Stephen Moretti
Raymond Camden
John Beynon
Sean Corfield
Alan Williamson (BD)
Adam lehman (Adobe)
Gary Gilbert
Luis Majano
Sacha Labourey (jBoss)
Mary Jo Sminkey

Posted by Webonix at 9:11 PM - Categories: Railo