I'm working on a site that still has a lot of scripts in ColdFusion. I need to move it to a new server. I much prefer Apache/Linux instead of IIS/Windows. I've seen some info here and there about running ColdFusion on Apache/Linux. Is that a stable setup?
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I also should add - Am I going to need to modify the scripts to accommodate the new type of server? Thanks for any help – Cyrcle Mar 29 '10 at 20:33
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Check the first link I posted. Since Linux is case-sensitive, you may have some work ahead of you. – Adrian J. Moreno Mar 29 '10 at 20:54
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It's perfectly stable. I ran a hosting company with ColdFusion 4 through 6.1 running first on Fedora and later CentOS. I used to work for Nationwide and deployed a major application there using ColdFusion 6.1 and later 7 of Red Hat ES.
I've written an extensive article on what you'll run into when moving a ColdFusion application from Windows to Linux.
You can find more info about running ColdFusion on Linux here or by searching ColdFusionBloggers.org.
Adrian J. Moreno
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Absolutely (32bit and 64bit) - you can see a list of officially supported platforms on the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/systemreqs/
Linux OS:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.3 Ubuntu 9.04
Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63 and later
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I have had absolutely no problem ever running Coldfusion on Apache on linux.
In fact, I had a windows NT 3.51 server running Apache (for windows) beta for several years, with Coldfusion 4.5. Zero issues.
The server still runs and I only turned it off because it was outdated.
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I have run Allaire, (no!!), Macromedia... (No!) Adobe Coldfusion on GNU/Linux since Debian Woody (2003), (usually on unsupported distros). It works fine, as long as you understand that you can't purchase support. I even clustered them, but the Apache connector can cause some angst.
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