Installing Lucee on a clean Windows 2019 Datacenter with installer
Installing Lucee on a clean Windows 2019 Datacenter with installer (Video Guide)
This is a quick video tutorial about installing Lucee on a clean Windows 2019 Server Datacenter and connecting it to IIS 10 with boncode connector and cfml_mod. It also guides through resolving a common 500 status code error "can't create directory WEB-INF", caused by the tomcat service not having the corresponding file permissions (security by default).
Step 1 - Adding the IIS Role and Features - This video explains how to add IIS Roles and Features, a prerequisite for installing Lucee in such a manner that it can connect with IIS Webserver
Step 2 - Installing Lucee - This video shows how to install Lucee with the installer that ships AdoptOpenJDK (Java JDK), Tomcat 9, Boncode Connector and mod_cfml
Step 3: Removing unwanted Handler Mappings - This video guides how to remove Handler Mappings that have been added automatically during "IIS Feature" installation by Windows Server 2019, enhancing security
Step 4: Grant Lucee access to IIS webroots - This video explains how to add write permissions for Tomcat/Lucee service to access IIS webroots. It also shows why and when the "500 error can't create directory WEB-INF" can occur
Step 5: Block Public Access To Lucee's Server/Web Admins - This video shows how to block your "Lucee's Server/Web Administration" from being accessed from the public internet with "BonCode Connector" (at 1:13) and "IIS Request Filtering" (at 2:49).