Starting ColdFusion from Command Line on OS X
In the category of "blogged so I don't have to Google for it in the future", here is a command to start ColdFusion from the command line:
/Applications/JRun4/bin/jrun start cfusion
cd /Applications/ColdFusion8/runtime/bin
./jrun -start coldfusion
Although now I've seen Peter's version that he mentions here and then in the install guide for CF 8.0.1 it mentions I should do the following on Mac (note that I'm using the single server built in install):
cd /Applications/ColdFusion8/bin/coldfusion start
Is their any difference between the two? Which is the one I really ought to be using? I've noticed though with the first one I can keep that terminal window open and see anything the server spits out or I do via cfdump output = console. With 8.0.1 though I can start CF on Mac OSX just fine via the Launcher UI. Although it would be nice to have that terminal window to see what debug/info the server outputs.
For "Server Configuration" installations the convention is to start with {cf_root}/bin/coldfusion -start, however "Multiserver Configuration" or "J2EE Configuration with JRun" should start ColdFusion server as {jrun_root}/bin/jrun -start {server_instance} (along with any other desired options such as -nohup)
Steven, what are some of the other desired options that I can use? Not sure how to phrase the following. By using the {cf_root}/bin/coldfusion -start command (or going through the Launcher) is it possible to tap into the CF process? That way anytime I use cfdump output=console I can see the data I display in a terminal window? I find this incredibly useful when doing heavy remoting in a Flex/CF app.