If you install the coldfusion server in seperate virtual hosts, each will have an own coldfusion administrator with own settings.

1. Download

First download the coldfusion-801-lin.bin (or coldfusion-801-lin64.bin for 64-Bit) installer from the Adobe Website.

wget http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/ColdFusion/801WWE/coldfusion-801-lin64.bin
chmod +x coldfusion-801-lin64.bin

2. Prepare system

2.1 Install libraries

Coldfusion need some extra libraries for the installation:

aptitude install libstdc++6 libstdc++5
ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2

2.2 Modify the virtual host in tomcat

vim /opt/tomcat/conf/server.xml

<!-- www.testsrv.local -->
<host name="www.testsrv.local" appBase="/var/www/vhost1/htdocs" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
    <context path="" docBase="cfusion" debug="0" reloadable="true"/>
    <valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="/var/www/vhost1/logs"  prefix="tomcat_access_" suffix=".log" pattern="common" resolveHosts="false"/>
</host>

2.3 Modify the virtual host in apache

vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/vhost1

<virtualhost www.testsrv.local:80>
    JkMount /*.cfm default
    JkMount /*.cfc default
    JkMount /*.cfchart default
    DirectoryIndex index.cfm index.html index.htm
    ServerName www.testsrv.local
    ServerAdmin servermaster@testsrv.local
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhost1/htdocs/cfusion
    ErrorLog /var/www/vhost1/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/vhost1/logs/access.log common
    <directory /var/www/vhost1/htdocs/cfusion>
        Options -Indexes
    </directory>
    <directory /var/www/vhost1/htdocs/cfusion/WEB-INF>
        Options -Indexes
        AllowOverride None
        deny from all
    </directory>
    <directory /var/www/vhost1/htdocs/cfusion/META-INF>
       Options -Indexes
       AllowOverride None
       deny from all
    </directory>
</virtualhost>

Note: You should restrict the access to the CFIDE folder, too. With an .htaccess file for example.

3. Create WAR file

./coldfusion-801-lin64.bin

Select J2EE configuration (WAR file)
This will create a cfusion.war package in /opt/coldfusion8/.

4. Deploy the WAR file to a virtual host

cp /opt/coldfusion8/cfusion.war /var/www/vhost1/htdocs/

Note: Tomcat will unpack this WAR file and create the cfusion diretory. After that, you can delete the WAR file.

5. Apply configuration

/etc/init.d/tomcat restart
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

6. Complete Coldfusion installation

Now you can access the CF Administrator with your browser:

http://www.testsrv.local/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

Make sure you have installed and configurated the Apache 2 webserver.

Before starting the coldfusion installer, you need the following pakets:

sudo aptitude install libstdc++5 libstdc++6

After that, you need an symlink for the libc6 library:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2

Now you can start the linux installer, which you downloaded from the Adobe website.

sudo chmod +x coldfusion-801-lin.bin
sudo ./coldfusion-801-lin.bin

The installer asks you several questions. One of them is the installationpath. I choose “/opt/coldfusion”:

CHOOSE LOCALE BY NUMBER: 1
PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE: <ENTER>
PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE: <ENTER>
...
DO YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT? (Y/N): Y
Installation Choice: 3 (Developer Edition)
Choose one of the following options:: 1 (Server configuration)
ENTER THE NUMBER FOR YOUR CHOICE, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT: 2
Select an option: 2 (remove "Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES")
Select an option: 5
ENTER AN ABSOLUTE PATH, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT: /opt/coldfusion
INSTALL FOLDER IS: /opt/coldfusion IS THIS CORRECT? (Y/N): Y
ENTER THE NUMBER FOR YOUR CHOICE, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT: 2
Configure Webserver: 1 (Add Web Server Configuration)
Select "Apache" 1
Directory: /etc/apache2
File: /usr/sbin/apache2
File: /etc/init.d/apache2
Choice: 4 (Continue with installation)
Directory: (DEFAULT: /etc/htdocs): /var/www
User Name: (DEFAULT: nobody): <ENTER>
Password: <Your custom CF Password>
Enable RDS  (Y/N): Y
Password: <Your custom CF Password>
PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE: <ENTER>
Press Enter to exit the installer: <ENTER>

After the installation you can start the coldfusion server with:

sudo /opt/coldfusion/bin/coldfusion start

To run the coldfusion server with the system you have to copy and install the init-script:

sudo cp /opt/coldfusion/bin/coldfusion /etc/init.d
sudo update-rc.d coldfusion defaults

The coldfusion server is now installed on your system. The configuration and updating works over the coldfusion administration. (http://SERVER/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm)