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Okay, for those of you who have stared at segfaults in the Apache logs after installing the Coldfusion jrun module, I’ve figured it out.

You’ll want to download and install the 7.0.2 updater for Coldfusion MX7 found here.

Then make sure you install the Apache 2.2 Coldfusion Connector patch. You can find the Coldfusion KB article here.

If you’ve already tried to install the connector module, you’ll need to remove it.

/opt/coldfusionmx7/runtime/bin/wsconfig -uninstall

Running this command will remove all Coldfusion connector module configurations on that server. Now we’ll start getting things together to build the module instead of using the pre-compiled connector found in the wsconfig.jar file.

A couple of edits needed to be made to the Apache 2.2.4 libtool executable. You can download the edited file here. Unzip and install it to:

/usr/local/apache2/build

Make sure to chmod 755 the file.

You’ll also need the edited Coldfusion MX7 connector script found here. Unzip and install this file to:

/opt/coldfusionmx7/bin

Go ahead and run the connector script that you just installed. Make sure you already chmod 755 this file as well.

It’ll take a minute since it’s custom-building the connector for your apache binary. You’ll want to check the log under /opt/coldfusionmx7/ConnectorInstall0.txt if it comes up with any bugs.

That’s it. All that really should remain is starting Coldfusion and Apache.

If this HowTo has helped you, please drop me a comment. If you have any additions to this, let me know and I’ll drop it in once I verified it.

Okay, everybody, go to your local Walgreens and check the energy drink area for the Battery Cans of Jolt Cola. If you see them, buy them. We hafta keep Jolt available in Tallahassee. Tell your friends. Tell your coworkers. Tell the person you had sloppy sex with last night and would never call again. I don’t care if you buy it and never drink it. Just go out and buy some! They’re about $2.99 a can for 23.5 fluid ounces. And for the hippies, the cans are *reusable* and hold pressure well. Buy it and turn it into the coolest “pipe” you will EVER own. Buy a piece of history! Buy it and post a comment on where you got it from!

Because if we have this for sale in Tallahassee after so many years of having an extreme lack of Jolt Cola, and lose it again, I WILL DIE! And you don’t want that to happen now, do you?

The night before last, I noticed the little penguin knickknacks I have on my desk were missing. The next morning I sent this e-mail:

*****

Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 11:55:39 -0400 [05/23/2007 11:55:39 AM EDT]
From:	kingpenguin@homes.com
To:	kingpenguin@homes.com
Subject:	To whomever has my brethren captive

Mr. Ambassador, My fellow penguins are no longer at their post on the ledge of Tux Castle. This is unacceptable. They are being held against their will, and our “employers” are now without the assurance that anyone that comes near Tux Castle will know that they are now in the Linux Nation. The people of Linux Nation are now in a state of unrest, because those ever vigilant vanguards of Vision are captives of the Empire of Microsoft. We will rise up! If my brethren are not returned forthwith, we will be forced to invade and take them by any means at our disposal! Do not tarry, for we will not warn you further! Only then will we talk of truces or peace. Sincerely, King Penguin

*****I didn’t hear anything back all day. I was planning on actually getting pissed about it today, but I ended up getting really busy with a new server. Today an e-mail showed up. *****

Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 15:32:56 -0400 [05/24/2007 03:32:56 PM EDT]
From:	vivalarevolucion@homes.com
To:	kingpenguin@homes.com
Subject:	The Great Penguin Adventure

To His Royal Highness, the King Penguin: Your brethren have been returned. They can be found in the Break Room. Their memory has been wiped – questioning them for our identity will prove to be a fruitless effort. You should know that at no point did they betray you; they remained loyal during interrogation. For images of the adventure, please visit. http://thegreatpenguinadventure.directhomes.com Viva la Revolucion!

*****I get notified by a random person that there’s a brown paper bag in the kitchen with my name on it. Inside this brown paper bag is a large Tupperware bowl. I pull off the lid, and there are my penguins, wrapped in Ziploc bags, floating in a mess of green Jello you see in the last pic on the page.In response, I sent out this email: *****

Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 17:26:32 -0400 [05/24/2007 05:26:32 PM EDT]
From:	kingpenguin@homes.com
To:	vivalarevolucion@homes.com
Subject:	A new day dawns on the Linux Nation

Our ever vigilant vanguards of Vision are back home! They are currently being debriefed in an undisclosed location before they are returned to their post. Our medical examiners have determined that they are in perfect health and ready for service. Our spies have, however, uncovered the identity of the kidnapper and he is the leader of a known revolutionary organization. We have sent out our own ambassador to invite the leaders of the revolution to a neutral location to discuss the terms of our peace agreement. In celebration of the homecoming of our brethren and the possibility of a successful negotiation, I am declaring today, May 24th, as a new national holiday. Aptenodyte Day! With much love for his subjects, King Penguin

*****So that’s pretty much the coolest thing ever. This person just pwned his sysadmin. I’m taking him out for dinner and drinks tonight, because I laughed just that damn hard.You WISH you worked with people this cool.

So, just in case you guys haven’t bothered to drop a www in front of the domain name, here’s a hint. It’s my VMOTD blog. It’s the Vague Message of the Day. A lot of it (okay, ALL of it) is stuff we actually run into with users over the course of any given day.

It’s fairly well dedicated to those users who call you up with a problem and give you nothing more than, “My computer is broke. How long will it take to fix it?”

It’s going through a little bit of a redesign since I switched from b2evolution (decent blogging program but not very mature) to WordPress. WordPress has a lot better spam prevention system and the php for the themes is fairly simple to manipulate. The publishing part of it is really intuitive as well. If you’ve got a spare box sitting around doing nothing, I’d highly suggest dropping CentOS 5 onto it and installing WordPress. It’s fun and you get to learn how to do shit in the process.