Ortus Redis Cache Extension v2.2.1 Released: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/ortus-redis-extension-v221-released

This release contains bug fixes for Redis Cluster Cache connections and also includes environmental support for activation arguments ( Hooray! No more property files! ). Read more about configuring your extension through the environment variables in our docs. We have also added support for cluster cache password authentication, as well as configuration options for read timeouts and connection pool sizing.

@bdw429s I have an “interesting” command box scenario I could do with some guidance on how to proceed with. I am trying to get ACF 2021 using command box to run on AWS fargate - I have been doing this with command box and ACF 2018 for quite a while now. I assumed simply switching the cf engine to ACF 2021 would “just work” with a bit of loading modules etc. and it did - go command box for the win. I did notice however that the licensing server in ACF 2021 wasn’t enabling the enterprise license we have. After a bunch of investigation and a couple of hours with Adobe on a screen share it seems the license server isn’t getting a UID it needs from its environment. From what Adobe said I think it is assuming its running on an EC2 image and wants the VM’s UID from metatdata . This is not available via fargate as it abstracts all that stuff. Trying adobe’s official ACF 2021 container does seem to work in the same environment although it is much harder to work with compared to command box. So my guess is the WAR install behaves differently to what ever Adobe do in the “official” image or less likely the command box image is causing the issue. Have you come across this in your travels and any ideas how I could see if there is something command box is doing / blocking / missing that might help debug this?

Is there an Interceptor in CommandBox which I can use to run a custom task runner only once when the CLI finishes running and setting up for the first time? I don't see one here: https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/developing-for-commandbox/interceptors/core-interception-points.

onCLIStart

seems to run every time the CLI starts, not just the first time.

Could someone point me to where "ColdBox@be" is? I submitted a Jira ticket for a Coldbox issue I'm having and Luis is asking if I can try reproducing the issue on ColdBox@be

new ColdBox CLI Releaed: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-cli-1x-released

Is there any chance someone has a working example of send-grid-protocol (https://github.com/elpete/send-grid-protocol) working with a template and body tokens? I do have it working with plain/html emails, just not templates. Feels like I am missing something simple.

ColdBox 7 BE is now in final testing. So please test it before we release next week:

install coldbox@be

. Please report any issues

If I have my

server.json

file in a folder, and I have it set at the

webroot

is a subfolder, which folder should a

.env

file be in for

config-dotenv

to work properly. I have it currently in the webroot folder, but it doesn’t seem to be getting picked up in the Java environment variables. At least CF is telling me that one of the items isn’t found. Also, is there a way to see in Lucee (or something in the OS CLI) that will show those Java arguments so I can check they are loaded in?

It should be wherever you start your server.

If you add a

--debug

to the

server start

command you can see the passed in environment variables in the JVM arguments.

Ah. The documentation says to put it in the “webroot” which is the same for many, but I pull my server.json file out because I have a /lib and /certs folder that holds those items outside the webroot.

@Peter Hoopes There actually several places you can put it 🙂 For starters, the command that shows you what env vars are loaded is

env show

but keep in mind, env vars loaded as part of a server start only exist for the duration of that command. You can put

env show

in an

onServerStart

server script if you want to debug what env vars exist when the server is starting

Now, the commandbox-dotenv module has several different interception points that it listens to in order to load .env files • when the CLI starts. This means if you run any

box

command in a working directory with an

.env

file, it will get loaded into the global environment for the duration of the shell • any time a command is run. This includes server commands and any other command alike and will specifically load an

.env

from the current working directory of the shell • any time a server starts. This looks up the web root of the starting server and checks for an .env file. Keep in mind the server start command may not be run the web root.

There are some debug options you can also enable in the commandbox-dotenv module to see what it's doing and when

config set modules.commandbox-dotenv.verbose=true

and

config set modules.commandbox-dotenv.printOnLoad=true

This is good info, but one thing is still catching me: "any time a server starts. This looks up the web root of the starting server and checks for an .env file." I was using Mod_CFML to host two sites, so I had my

server.json

(with the config) in a folder

www

, and then the two webroots inside. I did this so that I could have one folder each for the

/lib

and

/certs

folders in

www

. So when you say "web root" do you mean the CFM/HTML serving web root, or the location of the

server.json

file (in my case, one folder up)? @bdw429s

I'm getting a stack overflow error when I try to

server start

on a remote EC2 instance. It has something to do with Globber.cfc, I'll put part of the verbose error in the thread. Any ideas? This server runs fine locally. Same version of CommandBox (5.9.0+00721) on both.

Slight bug in TestBox 5, details on Jira ticket: https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/TESTBOX/issues/TESTBOX-370

We are in production now with TestBox 5. Thanks @lmajano and team.

TestBox 5 Released!!! https://testbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-5.0.0

Am I being dim but how do you simulate a

DISTINCT

with Quick/qb

A stack overflow question about COldBox if anyone wants to chime in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76229830/why-isnt-coldbox-route-visualizer-displaying-in-browser-after-successful-instal

quick6 q

withCount

should be against

this

or against

qb

? (quick6)

function scopeWithSomeCountOf( qb ) {
   this.withCount(...) // ?
   qb.withCount(...)  // ?
}

In Quick 5+, it should all be against the passed in builder,

qb

in this case.

A few CacheBox padawan questions: 1. If I’m working on just a single server setup (no clustering, etc.), I assume the built-in CacheBox cache will work fine? 2. Is there much of a difference between using the Cache and storing information in the Application scope? I’m aware of the goodness of the timing and expiration aspects, I suppose. Is there a way to have CacheBox (or another routine) regularly update the data in the cache? 3. Any issues with storing queries in the cache (that can then be used for QoQ operations)? I think CacheBox could really help and I’ve watched Brad Wood’s CFCast on the intro to it, but there’s no “Zero to Hero” type thing so I’m a little unsure of the best method of implementation. I have looked thru the Ortus docs as well, so these were my leftover questions. Any pointers would be super-appreciated.

Converting my server.json to env vars for linux, but not sure how to do the following?

"runwar": {
        "undertowOptions": {
            "ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS_IN_URL": true
        }
}

BOX_SERVER_RUNWAR_UNDERTOWOPTIONS_ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS_IN_URL=true

Seems like it wont do the right thing?

Finally, it's here, ColdBox 7 Released: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-700-released

@lmajano is it worth creating a temporary subchannel on this for ITB? Like a water-cooler but specifically for the folk @ the conf?