So I have Lucee installed locally and am using the Apache Tomcat/8.5.33 that comes with it. Both of these URL’s are throwing 404 errors:
http://127.0.0.1:8888/myapp/index.cfm/Users
http://127.0.0.1:8888/myapp/Users
I tried dropping the .htaccess from Rewrite Rules - ColdBox HMVC Documentation into:
C:\lucee\tomcat\webapps\ROOT
…but that didn’t seem to make a difference. Help?
I figured out that, basically, I can’t make those URL’s work with this setup and this works and I’m fine with it:
http://127.0.0.1:8888/myapp/index.cfm?event=Users
My question now is: what do I need to toggle so that buildLink() will build links this way? I edited config\Router.cfc:
setFullRewrites( false );
…but that just builds links like:
You’re problem is servlet mappings. You’re used to paths like site.com/myFolder/index.cfm/foobar working because they work in Adobe ColdFusion. CF originally did this on JRun and now on a hacked up version of Tomcat. The problem is the servlet spec doesn’t allow a servlet filter to have more than one wildcard so the .cfm/ that Adobe uses won’t work on a “normal” servlet like stock Tomcat. You need to modify your web.xml and add a servlet mapping for every subfolder where you want to use SES URLs.
You also have an issue with rewrites. You also need to modify the default rewrites to work in a subfolder. Right now, the default ColdBox rewrite rules assume you’re in the web root. Also, you mentioned dropping in an .htaccess file but you didn’t specific if you were actually using Apache web server which is a requirement. Hitting Tomcat directly will not do you any good.
So, you can make your life a heck of a lot easier if you drop this Tomcat nonsense and use just CommandBox! Firstly, CommandBox has a dollop of fairy dust applies and it supports the SES URLs in a subdirectory so even Lucee users can get that amazing Adobe CF behavior out of the box. Secondly, our rewrites are easier to enable than any other web server.
start --rewritesEnable
Now, you will still need to modify the default rewrite rules to work in a sub folder. There’s sadly not a super good way for me to make that dynamic since there’s just too much ambiguity, but it’s still super easy with CommandBox.
So, you can make your life a heck of a lot easier if you drop this Tomcat nonsense and use just CommandBox!
Do I understand correctly that, on my dev box, I don’t need Lucee at all? I can just use CommandBox? Setup datasources via https://cfconfig.ortusbooks.com/using-the-cli/command-overview#manage-datasources
Yeah, I haven’t installed Adobe ColdFusion, Railo, or Lucee in about 4 years now on my dev box but I use all of them a lot.
Things you don’t need (95% of the time)
And yes, CFConfig is the way to manage all of your settings from the CF admin. In fact, these three JSON files can define pretty much everything possible in your entire server setup.
git clone && cd folderName
box install
box server start
CommandBox also isn’t just for dev. There’s a growing number of people using it all the way through production, either in Docker, or just setup on VMs because it’s so easy to configure since everything is portable and requires no install.