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Commandbox Commands

Install Coldbox MVC and Deploy App

box mkdir /opt/hermes/webapps/Coldbox-Hermes
cd /opt/hermes/webapps/Coldbox-Hermes
box install coldbox
box coldbox create app HermesSEG

Start Server Arguments:

Numeric port (port number)
String host (bind to a host/ip)
Boolean openbrowser (open a browser after starting)
String directory (web root for this server)
Numeric stopPort (stop socket listener port number)
Boolean force = "false" (force start if status is not stopped)
Boolean debug (Turn on debug output while starting and stream server output to console.)
String webConfigDir (custom location for web context configuration)
String serverConfigDir (custom location for server configuration)
String libDirs (comma-separated list of extra lib directories for the server to load)
String trayIconFile (path to .png file for tray icon)
String webXML (path to web.xml file used to configure the server)
Boolean HTTPEnable (enable HTTP)
Boolean SSLEnable (enable SSL)
Numeric SSLPort (SSL port number)
String SSLCertFile (Path to SSL certificate file)
String SSLKeyFile (Path to SSL key file (required if SSLCert specified))
String SSLKeyPass (SSL key passphrase)
Boolean rewritesEnable (enable URL rewriting (default false))
String rewritesConfig (optional URL rewriting config file path)
Numeric heapSize (The max heap size in megabytes you would like this server to start with, it defaults to 512mb)
Numeric minHeapSize (The min heap size in megabytes you would like this server to start with)
Boolean directoryBrowsing (Enables directory browsing (default false))
String JVMArgs (Additional JVM args to use when starting the server. Use "server status --verbose" to debug)
String runwarArgs (Additional Runwar options to use when starting the server. Use "server status --verbose" to debug)
Boolean saveSettings = "true" (Save start settings in server.json)
String cfengine (sets the cfml engine type)
String WARPath (sets the path to an existing war to use)
String serverConfigFile (The path to the server's JSON file.  Created if it doesn't exist.)
Numeric startTimeout (The amount of time in seconds to wait for the server to start (in the background).)
Boolean console (Start this server in the forground console process and wait until Ctrl-C is pressed to stop it.)
String welcomeFiles (A comma-delimited list of default files to load when visiting a directory (index.cfm,index.htm,etc))
String serverHomeDirectory (The folder where the CF engine WAR should be extracted)
String restMappings (A comma-delimited list of REST mappings in the form of /api/*,/rest/*.  Empty string to disable.)
Boolean trace (Enable trace level logging)
String javaHomeDirectory (Path to the JRE home directory containing ./bin/java)
Boolean AJPEnable (Enable AJP)
Numeric AJPPort (AJP Port number)
String javaVersion (Any endpoint ID, such as "java:openjdk11" from the Java endpoint)
String startScript (If you want to generate a native script to directly start the server process pass bash, cmd, or pwsh)
String startScriptFile (Optional override for the name and location of the start script. This is ignored if no startScript param is specified)
Boolean dryRun (Abort actually starting the server process, but all installation and downloading will still be performed to "warm up" the engin                                                             e installation.)
Boolean verbose (Activate extra server start information without enabling the debug mode in the actual server (which you wouldn't want in produ                                                             ction))
Boolean trayEnable (Enable the system tray icon/menu)
String profile (Controls default server settings.  Profiles: production, development, none)
String blockCFAdmin (Block access to Lucee or ACF admin.  Valid values are true, false, external)

Start Server

box server start host=0.0.0.0 port=8282 --rewritesEnable

Start Server with Lucee Admin Enabled

box server start host=0.0.0.0 port=8282 BlockCFAdmin=false --rewritesEnable

Start Server with Lucee Admin Enabled & Custom Directories

box server start host=0.0.0.0 port=8282 BlockCFAdmin=false webConfigDir=/opt/hermes/webapps/Lucee/web serverConfigDir=/opt/hermes/webapps/Lucee/server serverHomeDirectory=/opt/hermes/webapps/Lucee CommandBox_home=/opt/hermes/webapps/Commandbox --rewritesEnable

Stop Server

box server stop

Deploy Coldbox App

box coldbox create app myApp

Create handler

CommandBox> coldbox create handler helloWorld index,add,edit,list

Re-initialize Framework

http://IP_ADDRESS:8282/?fwreinit=1

Install Packages

Full list of packages/modules available on forgebox: https://forgebox.io/type/modules

Below is a list of helpful examples:

  • BCrypt -- Industry-standard password hashing

  • cbdebugger -- For debugging Coldbox apps

  • cbjavaloader - For interacting with Java classes and libraries

  • cbMarkdown - For writing in markdown

  • cbMessagebox -- Display nice error/success messages

  • cborm -- Awesome ORM Services

  • cb18n -- For multilingual sites

  • cbt - ColdBox templating language

  • cbValidation - Back-end validation framework

  • qb - Fluent query builder and schema builder

  • route-visualizer - For visualizing your application routes

Install package from Commandbox prompt

install cbmessagebox

Install package from root prompt

box install cbmessagebox
Commandbox> install cbmessagebox
root@localhost: box install cbmessagebox
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