Deploying a CF app as WAR file

Question

I'd like to package an existing ColdFusion application as a
WAR file and deploy it on a J2EE server. I've been trying to test
this out locally without success. If you have a magic bullet,
you're disco-superfly. If you just have a suggestion for further
troubleshooting, you're still double cherry pie. Gruesome details
follow... (Thanks!)
PACKAGING:
I've got a developer version of MX7 running on Windows XP. I
threw together a demo CF app, "SimpleApp". In the administrator, I
go to "Packaging & Deployment" > "J2EE Archives (.ear/.war)"
and create an archive (SimpleApp.war).
DEPLOYMENT:
I've tried this on both JRun and several versions of Tomcat
without success. On each server, I have been able to deploy a WAR
file from a previous project created straight from Java/JSP - just
not the one created in the CF administrator.
JRun4:
In the administrator, I "add" the web applications in the
"J2EE Components" section and everything looks okay. When I browse
to the webapp created in native Java/JSP, everything looks
beautiful; but when I browse to
http://127.0.0.1:8100/SimpleApp/
I see a "403 Forbidden" error. Server log default-event.log is at:
http://www.google.com/base_media?q=hand3802261193274630671&size=8
Tomcat 4.1 running on J2SDK1.4.2_12:
Native Java WAR deploys and runs fine.
I copy SimpleApp.war to the Tomcat webapps\ folder and the
archive is extracted successfully; but Tomcat fails to start the
application.
Server logs:
localhost_log.2006-09-22.txt:
http://www.google.com/base_media?q=hand-2475548630705385852&size=8
stdout_20060922.log:
http://www.google.com/base_media?q=hand-6363724281182167089&size=8
I notice an error mentioning "Invalid <url-pattern>
*.cfml/* in servlet mapping" so I go into the extracted webapp,
comment out the Search Engine Safe URL mappings in web.xml and try
again. Now get an error about not being able to find a
configuration file flex-config.xml... Tomcat still can't start the
webapp.
Server logs:
localhost_log.2006-09-22.txt:
http://www.google.com/base_media?q=hand301238759104060090&size=8
stdout_20060922.log:
http://www.google.com/base_media?q=hand-8426419238544575272&size=8
I heard that MX7 only works with Java versions through 1.4.2
and Tomcat has it's own compatibility requirements; but I thought
I'd try other versions of Tomcat...
Tomcat 5.5 running on JRE1.5.0_06 and bundled SDK:
Native Java WAR deploys and runs fine.
SimpleApp won't start (problems similar to above).
Tomcat 5.5 running on JRE1.4.2_12 (with compatibility patch)
and bundled SDK:
Native Java WAR deploys and runs fine.
SimpleApp won't start (problems similar to above).

Answer 1

Dear jarviswabi,
Could you believe I just ran into the same problem you had in 2008, and STILL there are no documented solution to this issue.
I am trying to deploy a simple CF code using Tomcat 7.0.20, and it just does not work!
How did you ever resolve this error in Tomcat?  It is supposed to be pretty staright forward, but it just does not work.
Any ideas?  been looking for days...
Appeciate any  insight yo may have into this problem.
Thanks!