Installation OSX_Jetty_Express - getrailo/railo GitHub Wiki
Railo is a high speed open source cfml engine with a very intuitive admin interface to manage all your settings. You can test it in minutes on your Mac OSX desktop with the following install.
1. Go to http://www.getrailo.org/index.cfm/download/ and download the following file:
Mac OSX railo-3.1.2.001-railo-express-macosx.zip
2. Move the downloaded Railo Express zip file to your Desktop and unzip it.
3. You should have a folder now titled 'railo-3.1.2.001-railo-express-macosx.'
4. Rename the 'railo-3.1.2.001-railo-express-macosx' folder to 'railo' and delete the zip file.
5. You have to use the Terminal application to start and stop Railo Express on Mac OSX.
So in your Application folder, scroll down to the Utilities folder and open the application Terminal.app.
6. Now to get to the right directory to start Railo Express, you will use the change directory command by typing it as 'cd.'
So let's first get into the Desktop directory by typing 'cd Desktop' in the Terminal window.
Then press the enter/return button on your keyboard. If you see the word 'desktop' in the new line in the Terminal window, you are now in the Desktop directory.
Next type 'cd railo' in the Terminal window and press enter to get into the 'railo' directory where the Railo application resides. If you see the word 'railo' in the new line, you are successfully in thr railo directory.
And finally to start Railo Express, type './start' in the Terminal window and press enter to get a result similar to below, showing Railo Express has been started.
7. Now open your web browser and enter the following address:
That will automatically redirect you to the Railo admin login at:
http://localhost:8888/railo-context/admin/web.cfm
Congratulations, you're ready to enjoy Railo:)
8. Bookmark this page for future use and enter a password to enter and manage your Railo admin.
You can now manage your datasources, mail server settings, cfx tags, etc.
9. The root of your website is in the 'webroot' directory within the 'railo' directory on your Desktop.
10. The 'index.cfm' file in the 'webroot' directory by default redirects to the Railo admin.
You can overwrite it with whatever test application you're developting to become familiar with Railo.
11. To close the Railo Express server, simply return to your Terminal application window, and type './stop'
If it hangs for any reason as I experienced on one laptop, you can close the Terminal window with your mouse.
Railo Express is ideal for testing and developing on your desktop. For deployment on a server, download Railo Server at:
http://www.getrailo.org/index.cfm/download/
Or you can download one of the new installers at:
http://clubwheat.viviotech.net/beta/
For further information on how to use Railo, you can visit the Wiki at: http://wiki.getrailo.org/
You can also join the Railo Group to interact with the community at: