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OpenBDJam: Open Source CFML Stack Jetty + Apache + MySQL
We'd proud to announce the general availability of the first ever Open Source CFML stack that gets you up and running with all the components you need for a modern day web application in minutes.
The OpenBDJam stack has been designed with the CFML developer in mind. They don't want to be bothered with all the nasty details of installation and integration. They just want to cut code and get on with their lives. We understand.
We've designed our stack, initially, for Linux (32bit) and have bundled it with:
- Apache 2.2
- MySQL 5.1 (use the CFML datasource 'mysql' to access)
- Jetty 7.1
- Java 1.6
- OpenBD 1.4a
It has all been pre-configured and is ready to go as soon as you un'tar it onto your Linux box. All the pieces have been setup to talk to one another, so even MySQL is ready for your CFQUERY's using the 'mysql' datasource.
There is nothing for you to do, but drop your own code into the webapp folder and go.
We've provided a very simple to use command utility to start up the complete stack in one go and check its status. You can quickly get up and running within minutes. Everything you need is already inside the bundle, including Java.
If that's not enough, we have made upgrading a complete breeze. You simply run simple command, which will download the latest nightly build, backup the previous version and install the new one. All without disrupting any other customizations you have made on your stack.
One of our test drives, we wanted to see how quickly we could get this running from scratch. We spun up an Amazon EC2 instance, downloaded the software and hit the web browser. This complete operation, took approximately 6minutes, with most of the time waiting for Amazon EC2 to spin up a new Linux box for us. Complete CFML hosting for approximately $70 per month!
We are very excited to get this into the hands of CFML developers and we have lots of ideas where to evolve this, including adding more GPL software to the stack as well as supporting other platforms. But please, let us know your feedback and additions through our mailing list.
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Comments (3)
When will the stack be ready for installation on a mac?
Super, look forward to a windows stack. At some point I will be adding OBD to www.cfmldeveloper.com when I get some time to look at getting it running on coucho resin.
Can it be use in production? Do you need to do something special to get some vhosts working?