I'm looking to use CommandBox as my webserver in p...
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dick
08/21/2023, 2:01 PMI'm looking to use CommandBox as my webserver in production but not front it with IIS or Apache.
How do I get CommandBox to listen for the incoming domain name like example.com ? Setting web.host in the server.json doesn't seem to do it?
And what if I wanted to listen for more than one domain - example.net - and what if I wanted to listen for a static site - example.org with no cfml just a front-end framework like React as well at the same time?
So I guess I'm asking, how do I use CommandBox as a complete replacement for IIS?
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Patrick
08/21/2023, 2:02 PMUse NGINX 😎 and do a simple reverse proxy to your commandbox
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dick
08/21/2023, 2:06 PMYes, I know I can use IIS / Apache / NGINX as a proxy but @bdw429s keeps promoting CommandBox as a complete web server replacement and I want to try that.
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thisOldDave
08/21/2023, 2:13 PMread about the hosts file and what it does
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bdw429s
08/21/2023, 2:51 PM@dick It's not clear from your question if you are testing the new multi-site mode in CommandBox 6, or just starting a single site
bdw429s
08/21/2023, 2:52 PMIn single site (how CommandBox has traditionally worked) there is no concept of host header checking as all HTTP requests coming in your HTTP/S port is just directed to the only site to exist.
bdw429s
08/21/2023, 2:53 PMSo, in that mode, CommandBox itself doesn't really need to know or care what the domain(s) are. You just tell CommandBox what IP:port the to bind to and it does its thing
bdw429s
08/21/2023, 2:53 PMNow, if you're asking how to make your BROWSER resolve example.com to a local address, that's a different question entirely. I would recommend looking at the
commandbox-hostudpaterbdw429s
08/21/2023, 2:55 PMwhat if I wanted to listen for a static site - example.org with no cfml just a front-end framework like React as well at the same time?Again, here I'm not quite sure if you're trying to setup multi-site or just a separate standalone server on its own port. CommandBox can do either, it's just not clear what you're looking for. To start a site with no CF Engine, run
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dick
08/21/2023, 3:49 PM@bdw429s Is CommandBox 6 available for production yet? Has the number of sites the free version will support been decided yet?
So CommandBox 5 only supports a single site? All requests received by the server get funnelled to the one IP/host combination?
I guess I'm asking about multi-site support, and that's only with CommandBox 6?
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bdw429s
08/21/2023, 3:58 PMIs CommandBox 6 available for production yet?I'm winding down the release at this point and asking people to test. Whether you want to use it on production now is up to you 🙂
Has the number of sites the free version will support been decided yeUnlimited for non-production servers. 2 free sites for production. A CommandBox Pro license also comes with a bunch of add-ons like ForgeBox and cache licenses.
So CommandBox 5 only supports a single site?A single site PER SERVER. So you can start up as many servers (separate Java processes) as you like. CommandBox 5 also has native ModCFML support, so you can technically have more than one site, but it's limited and needs a web server in front to send the special ModCFML headers.
All requests received by the server get funnelled to the one IP/host combination?Funneled from the IP:_port_ combination. If you have more than one server, they can be listening on different IPs/ports.
I guess I'm asking about multi-site support, and that's only with CommandBox 6?The complete docs for multi-site is next on my list. Right now, you can check out this slide deck from Into The Box https://twitter.com/bdw429s/status/1659262788135518208 And I've also created this huge repo of example that basically demonstrates all the possible configurations of Multi-site and more. Check out the readme files in each folder. These should all be more/less runnable examples you can test locally. https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/commandbox-tests
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dick
08/21/2023, 4:07 PMAll understood, thank you.
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bdw429s
08/21/2023, 4:08 PM👍 Please do ask any more questions you may have. I know without the full docs it may not be completely clear. Especially if you're not 100% familiar with CommandBox already.
bdw429s
08/21/2023, 4:09 PMI would recommend a new thread for new questions just since you're more likely to get other people to jump in an answer 🙂
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