> 1) In Weblogic, CF has to be deployed as an exploded war / > ear (as i recall, this has something to do with needing read > / write access to the license.properties file). This means > that the ear or war has to be uploaded to each machine in the > cluster, exploded, deployed from the weblogic console, and > then the license information needs to be updated separately > in each instance using the cf admin (although i think there > are "cluster friendly" serial numbers available). Contrast > this with a "normal" java web app, where you upload the > war/jar/rar/ear using a web form on the weblogic console and > it is automatically deployed on all of the machines in the cluster.
Yes, I believe Adobe can take care of the license number issue for you. In that case, I would think that you could avoid exploding the EAR file, although I don't have enough experience with WebLogic to say for sure. > 2) You have to deploy a full cf instance every time. Even if > your app is a simple five pager that doesn't need scheduled > tasks,web services, or whatever - you still need to deploy > hundreds of megabytes of code, which does affect memory usage > and startup time for you app server. Yes, CF is big and heavy, and includes a lot of stuff. In your case, this might not be the best option. But, if you want to be able to deploy a self-contained EAR or WAR, and be sure that it'll work, I don't see how you could avoid embedding the CF engine and all the moving parts required by CF. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
