ColdFusion Posts Around the World
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I have an AWS EC2 instance built from a Marketplace AMI Coldfusion (2023) Update 11 on hardened AWS Linux with ColdFusion Enterprise Lincense (built around Nov 21 2024)I applied the U12 hotfix (on Apr 8, 2025) and users are reporting an error (see attached) stating that we have a developer...
Lucee Blog
We have a multi-tenant app where each tenant is a separate database. We're trying to containerize our app and while we can load the known datasources on server startup, we need a way to add datasources for tenants created after the application has started.
Was playing around w...
Lucee Blog
I'm having difficulty copying my .CFConfig.json and required .jar files over to an official Lucee docker image (lucee/lucee:6.2.1.122-nginx) so they can be used in Lucee for my application.
Copying .CFConfig.json:
I can deploy .CFConfig.jso...
James Moberg
I posted an update to my ColdFusion CF_Timer custom tag on my new myCFML blog with the same title. It has an allowedIPs option so that it can be safely integrated without displayed data to us...
Ortus Solutions
Finally, the wait is over! After a lot of intrigue and almost 10 months of extremely hard work, we can finally tell you about the most important release of the year for us at Ortus:
BoxLang: Multi-Runtime Dynamic JVM Language
BoxLang is a modern dynamic JVM language that can be deployed on multiple ...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel starts exploring HTMX extensions in a ColdFusion application, looking at the getSelectors() and onEvent() methods....
Lucee Blog
What are the upgrade issues above that require a clean install.
On win11 having issues upgradeing from 6 to 7, and occasionally have same issue in 6 versions for upgrading and had to uninstall and reinstal
I litrally can't install version 7 via the installer with 6 and ...
Lucee Blog
Just wondering if someone can look at the versioning system for extensions.
I'm getting update notiifcations in the admin for extensions that are minimum v7.0 when I have 6... (I'd use 7 if all my dev machines could install it, but win11 not allowing the upgrade and ignoring i...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I'm getting an error while trying to upload files. This works fine on our Production server, but the development server is where I'm getting the error. Both servers are running Coldfusion 2023 Update 13 on Windows Server 2022. Attached is an example of the error I'm getting. I'...
FusionReactor
In today’s fast-paced digital environment, financial services companies face the dual challenge of maintaining high-performance applications while ensuring seamless customer experiences. For one enterprise-level financial services organization, FusionReactor Application Performance Monitori...
Lucee Blog
I accidently published a stable build of 7, it has been hidden from Downloads, the update provider, Changelog and Forgebox / Commandbox and no announcement here. please ignore it.
7 is very much still in late BETA, we are working thru some start up regressions at the moment
Lucee Blog
Do people have sets of code generation instructions for AI that they use:
I've been using claude 3.7 sonnet thinking quite successfully after setting up definitions for framworks etc.
Of course I'm new to this, so some of what we're using is below, any suggestions are w...
Lucee Blog
Just a note to keep feeding quality sources to AI engines to improve code suggestions as a lot of cfml code suggestions atm are coming from (from what i can see) node, java, and other similar languages and ignoring the power of some of the functionality of cfml which results in some ...
Lucee Blog
@micstriit and I are debating on whether errors during start up / deployment should be fatal. Often these errors are just logged out, either to deploy.log or err.log. Fatal means error out with an exception.
These...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use the :scope pseudo-class in .querySelectorAll() to target the host element in a CSS selector....
FusionReactor
Troubleshooting FusionReactor: Quick Solutions for License Management Getting the most out of FusionReactor starts with having your license in place. To help you easily manage your license keys and move them between servers, we’ve put together a guide based on …
Lucee Blog
OS: Windows Server 2022
Java Version: OpenJDK 21
Tomcat Version : 11.0.6
Lucee Version : 7.0.0.202
Hello everyone,
I'm encountering an issue with multipart/form-data encoding in Lucee 7...
Lucee Blog
Following up on our 6.2.0 Release, the Lucee team just released our follow up release, mostly addressing some regressions, plus a few new features
FusionReactor
We find ourselves at a fascinating crossroads where artificial intelligence and observability are converging in unexpected ways. The recent emergence of Anthropic’s Claude Code—an agentic coding assistant currently in beta—invites us to reconsider what it means to truly “o...
Lucee Blog
I installed an update on my Win 10 laptop last night, and it blue screened (it's happened before). After a reboot all seemed well, until I tried a CFM page.
It won't load any pages, nor will the adminstrator come up, it just throws an error. Below are the errors, one from a ra...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel explores the use of hx-preserve to persist elements across page navigation in an HTMX and ColdFusion boosted application....
FusionReactor
In today’s fast-paced IT environments, having immediate insight into application performance is critical. We’re excited to share feedback from a UK-based customer who has awarded FusionReactor a perfect 5-star rating for its real-time monitoring capabilities and exceptional service. A...
Lucee Blog
Some of the code blocks on Lucee docs weren't rendering properly
Both unsupported types and the markdown parser messing up the html
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Impacts: ColdFusion 2025 Update 1 In Package Manager: Settings: Notification, there are two email fields:If updates are available, send email notification toIf updates are available, send email notification from M...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates that the "next " and the "previous " use a depth-first node traversal algorithm in HTMX....
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates that the fetch() API will propagate HTTP methods during a redirect in JavaScript; but only for non-GET/POST requests....
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel takes his first look at using Alpine.js with HTMX in a ColdFusion application. The two can play well together; but, caveats exist....
Lucee Blog
Don't forget to tell us about your stack!
OS: Windows 2016 Standard
Java Version: 21.0.6 (Eclipse Adoptium) 64bit
Tomcat Version: Apache Tomcat/10.1.36
Lucee Version: Lucee 6.2.0.321
Lucee Blog
Don't forget to tell us about your stack!
OS: Windows 2016 Standard
Java Version: 21.0.6 (Eclipse Adoptium) 64bit
Tomcat Version: Apache Tomcat/10.1.36
Lucee Version: Lucee 6.2.0.321
Ortus Solutions
We're thrilled to announce that Ortus Solutions and BoxLang will once again join CFCamp as Platinum Sponsors for the 2025 edition. As passionate advocates of innovation in the CFML and modern JVM space, we're proud to keep pushing boundaries—and this year is shaping up to be our biggest presen...
FusionReactor
A positive user experience hinges on how well your application performs. Slow response times and bottlenecks can lead to user frustration and ultimately impact satisfaction. FusionReactor’s User Experience Monitoring (UEM) and end-to-end tracing capabilities provide the insights needed to t...
Lucee Blog
I'm using Packer to build a Docker container and I'm having an issue copying my .CFConfig.json settings over to /{lucee6}/tomcat/lucee-server/context/ folder. I can verify that the file is being copied, but when Lucee starts for the first time, it gets overwritten with a default one....
James Moberg
I was recently invited to be a guest on the "Ben & Ryan Show" podcast to share some custom ColdFusion UDFs. The episode just aired on Tuesday, 2025-04-22. This served as motivation...
Lucee Blog
Lucee docs now automatically publishes out a cfdocs json schema of all tags and functions.
https://docs.lucee.org/lucee-docs-json.zip
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
After applying CF2021 Update 19, the add-ons would no longer start, so I reinstalled them to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, SOLR reverted back to 7.2.1. I attempted to upgrade to 8.11.3 manually by following "Upgrade SOLR in ColdFusion" steps (
ColdFusion
Update 19 for v2021 breaks oracle drivers
Lucee Blog
I noticed cfml was missing from drag race so created a cfml version. CFML by Willeye-uk · Pull Request #996 · PlummersSoftwareLLC/Primes · GitHub if a...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates that inverting your thinking about delimited lists can make parsing easier in some cases in ColdFusion....
Lucee Blog
Am running Lucee 6.2.0.321 with single mode, then at lucee\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lucee is empty.
getting 404 for http://domain.com/lucee/formtag-form.cfm
Not able to proceed with cfform t...
ColdFusion
As Adobe ColdFusion 2021 approaches its end-of-life (EOL), it’s crucial for developers and organizations to understand the support timelines and plan accordingly. This guide outlines the key dates and available options to ensure a smooth transition. ColdFusion 2021 Support Lifecycle Gen...
ColdFusion
DC was buzzing on March 26 as more than 100 ColdFusion enthusiasts filled the room for CF Summit East 2025. The sessions? Hands-on and honest. The crowd? All-in. ColdFusion might be turning 30, but it’s clearly not slowing down—and neither are the people building with it. Vivek Kumar kic...
Lucee Blog
I'm curious why integrating AI functions directly into Lucee will be beneficial. What's the big picture and/or roadmap.
For context, Lucee 7 introduces some AI functions. AI /...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
My CF2021 box is failing security because even though I have uninstalled the search module from CFAdmin, Jetty itself is running an old version of SOLR inside Lucene. Here's how I know this: GET http://server:8993/solr/admin/info/system HTTP/1.1
Under...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Post a brandnew CF2025 in Ubuntu linux 22.04.1 installation unable to start the server, I have selected the installation as Developer mode and Developer Profile. Setup an apache2 connector. I am unclear if I should provide the sudo password when promted or the CFIDE admin password as in older ver...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hello all,I have been looking to see if there is an answer to this or a "How To" but haven't found one.We have CF 2021 Update 17 web server up and running.We want to move to 2025Is there a way to do an inplace upgrade?On my test box when I run the 2...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to filter HX-Trigger events, returned from the ColdFusion server, in HTMX....
FusionReactor
As Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) transforms observability platforms like FusionReactor, we’re witnessing not just a technological revolution, but a profound reimagining of what it means to work in DevOps. The integration of AI that can understand context, history, and organizational ...
Lucee Blog
Just switched to 118RC to get around the 6.2.0.321 installer issue https://dev.lucee.org/t/no-webcontext-created-by-6-2-on-debian/15018 on Debian12 and have run into a new thing.
When switching from default single admin to multi, the Please Wait overlay pops up and han...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
After applying CF2021 Update 19, the following three services failed to start:Add-on ServicesODBC AgentODBC ServerI was able to get the add-on working again by reinstalling it, but the ODBC services are no longer working. I even rolled back to update 18 ...
Lucee Blog
Like most web sites, mine is often hit with attacks probing for vulnerabilities. Normally these result in 404 errors.
Recently I have had some try and load /CFIDE/adminapi/base.cfc
There is no such folder and when I try that folder, I get a custom 404 error page and no Luc...
Lucee Blog
Like most web sites, mine is often hit with attacks probing for vulnerabilities. Normally these result in 404 errors.
Recently I have had some try and load /CFIDE/adminapi/base.cfc
There is no such folder and when I try that folder, I get a custom 404 error page and no Luc...
Lucee Blog
I'm testing migrating an application from ACF to Lucee. I'm using Lucee inside of a Docker container. I've tested with these two versions:
Lucee Blog
I have a brand new Windows 11 Pro PC, which is running IIS 10.0.26100.1. I can successfully access http://localhost/iisstart.htm.
After installing Lucee I can access
Ortus Solutions
Power Upyou CommandBox experience and practices at Into the Box 2025
Want to get hands-on with the new CommandBox features or learn how others are pushing it to the next level? These are the must-see sessions at ITB 2025 if you're a CommandBox user:...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I am having trouble uploading files after migrating the site from local environment to the web. Following is the relevant section of code from a coldfusion function that uploads files using BlueImp: cffunction name="POST" access="private" return...
FusionReactor
When it comes to server migrations, having responsive and knowledgeable support can make all the difference. We’re pleased to share a recent success story from a customer in the United Kingdom who gave FusionReactor a perfect 5-star rating after their …
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel builds an HTMX extension to conditionally disable hx-boost based on link patterns and filter callbacks....
Lucee Blog
I have tried to upgrade from 6.2 to 7.0.0.201 and 7.0.0.202 on multiple VMs and constantly get a 500 error on startup:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: lucee/runtime/util/AI
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: lucee.runtime.util.AI
Used the linux installer for 6.2 - lu...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I recently upgraded from Coldfusion 2021 Update 9 to Update 18. I used the package manager to install the update and now I'm getting the message"The Administrator module is not installed". This wasn't an issue on our test instance, but for whatever reason this happened in our production instance ...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
We are stumped ... we've been creating a CF web site for years. It works fine on all our coders localhosts and it works fine on a commercial CF hosting server. We just copied all the code into a rack WE own and it simply will not work. ...
Lucee Blog
Google stopped supporting less secure apps for gmail. I haven't used java in Lucee before and I have no idea how to implement oauth2. I can't find information on how to do this. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ub...
Lucee Blog
Preface to say I am a long time Lucee user on Windows and have enough linux experience to get myself in trouble (which may be the case here...it's been a while)
I've set up some debian VMs on proxmox and installed 6.2.0.321 on one of them and MySQL on another. The web & se...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Let me preface this by saying I run ColdFusion 2021 & 2023 as standalone servers, and I do install patches once released. I have an established process for acquiring and installing updates manually, which I have no intention of changing. My question is how do I stop ColdFusion 202...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hello, everyone. After installing Patch 7 of ColdFusion 2023 on an existing application, the CFLOCATION tags stopped redirecting. It was redirecting properly until Patch 6. The page indicates a status code 302 in the 'network' tab of Google Chrome and shows that the next page loaded, but visually...
Lucee Blog
<cfscript>
function getJsonPrettyPrinter(){
return new component javasettings='{
"maven": ["org.json:json:20240303"]
}' {
import org.json.JSONObject;
function prettyPrint( jsonString ){
var jsonObj = new JSONObject( jsonString );
...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel discovers that undefined values in JavaScript do not soft equal false or 0. Which makes expressions involving the safe navigation / optional chaining operator much easier.... ...
Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting
Have you had problems installing CF updates, whether the most recent or past ones?
I'll be presenting a talk on this topic, online today, at noon US Eastern, on the CFMeetup Youtube livestream (which will be recorded). Folks who are members of t...
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Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
This server is running ColdFusion 2021 Update 18. I'm attempting to edit an existing Service provider in the SP Configuration section of the Administrator. the page throws the following error in the Application log: "Error","http-nio-8544-exec-5","04/17/25","08...
Ortus Solutions
Are you a fan of TestBox or looking to level up your testing game in 2025? Whether you're just getting started with unit testing or you're already building advanced specs for ColdBox and BoxLang apps, Into the Box 2025 has an exciting lineup tailored just for you. Into the Box 2025 ha...
Lucee Blog
Hey everybody, I'm running into a strange problem on our first Lucee 6 instance. We're running 2 projects there, "api-live" and "api-stage" which are basically the same project, but different git branches for production and user testing.
Inside we have
Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting
It's that time again: there are new JVM updates released today (Apr 15, 2025) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, 17, and 21, as well as the new short-term release 24. (The previous short-term release, Java 23, is ...
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Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I have tried running the auto-lockdown tool (for Windows/IIS), following the lockdown guide to the letter. I have tried this several times and in several ways: 1. running tool, uninstalling tool , running tool again2. running tool, uninstalling tool, uninstalling CF, uni...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi,I am receiving the error message: "The getSpMetadataForAdmin method was not found." when I click on an existing SP to edit it. I also get the message when I add a new SP. It adds the SP but then throws the error when try to display it. Adding and editing an IDP is fine. I am on CF 2021 ...
Ortus Solutions
The wait is over! The official Into the Box 2025 agenda is now live — and it's packed with high-impact sessions designed for modern CFML and BoxLang developers. Whether you're building APIs, modernizing legacy apps, diving into serverless, or exploring AI integrations, this...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hello, We are using ColdFusion 2023 Standard edition. We have an application which contains a CFCHART that worked when CF 2023 was on Update 6. However, now that we have updated to Update 7, the CFCHART no-longer works and is instead showing a red X. The CFCH...
CFchimp
I administer two servers running ColdFusion 2021. One of them is on a VPS. The other is on a VM in a highly restricted internal environment. For both servers the following manual install method is used for updates. Stop the ColdFusion service. Run the command prompt as administrator then execute: C:...
FusionReactor
Introduction Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is increasingly recognized for its power in enhancing AI applications. While often associated with chatbots and conversational AI, RAG’s true potential lies in revolutionizing enterprise knowledge management. This post explores how RAG can t...
Lucee Blog
Is there a way to make the "AI (Experimental)" prompt go away in all stack traces in Lucee 6.2+ ?
ColdFusion
We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our pre-release customers for their enthusiastic participation in the ColdFusion 2025 pre-release program. Your active engagement and valuable feedback have been instrumental in shaping the future of ColdFusion. Throughout the Beta program,...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel tries to articulate why he is happy with GET and POST in ColdFusion; and doesn't feel any need for PUT, PATCH, and DELETE to be supported in HTML.... ...
Lucee Blog
I've been doing some work on CFEXECUTE for Lucee 7
https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-2015
FusionReactor
At Intergral, we’re always excited to see how our customers benefit from FusionReactor’s capabilities. We’re proud to share a recent 5-star review from a customer in Italy who has been leveraging our platform to enhance their development and operations processes. …
Ortus Solutions
The countdown is on. You have just **two days left** to secure your **Early Bird ticket** for just $199 to **Into the Box 2025** before prices increase on **April 16**.
We are proud to offer an engaging and high-value online experience for developers around the...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Just patched to CF2021 patch 19 and now htmltopdf does not work. In the logs I am seeing Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: coldfusion.document.DocumentScope not found by htmltopdf [
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel translates the sample Contacts App in the Hypermedia Systems book into a ColdFusion application context....
Ortus Solutions
BoxLang is the modern, flexible JVM language you've been waiting for. We know what it's like to need better tools, more freedom, and the ability to scale without limits — because we've been there too. That's why we're building BoxLang with you and for you. Your feedback, ideas, and needs ...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
What are the benefits of migrating from Adobe ColdFusion to Lucee? I hear the migration itself is fairly smooth. Are there other benefits like more hosting availability, cheaper hosting, etc? What are people's experiences and what prompted you to do it? ...
Remote Synthesis
There are a ton of difficult questions to answer around generative AI. Is it useful and how useful is it? And is it moral both in the way it is built and the way it is used? Let's dig in....
Lucee Blog
I've added links to the download page for extensions
Lucee Blog
Sometimes the exceptions Lucee throws are confusing or need more context
Improving the developer experience with Lucee is an important focus for us,
what else can we improve on?
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