Lucee V6.2 with Tomcat 11 on Ubuntu using JAR-File

ayman042002 · December 28, 2025, 9:02am

Hi,
I’m looking for an installation guide for a manual installation of Lucee V6.2.x on Ubuntu

Zackster · December 28, 2025, 10:47pm

Both the Lucee Express and Installer versions are nearly identical, as far as tomcat goes, only the location of the jar differs.

Have a look at the Express edition.

https://cdn.lucee.org/lucee-express-6.2.4.24.zip

You can simply diff against the Tomcat release to see what has been changed, the original tomcat/conf versions of web.xml and server.xml files are included

As Tomcat 11 is jakarta based, and Lucee before 7 is still javax based, you’ll need to add the javax libs.

github.com

lucee/lucee-installer/blob/master/download-latest-java-tomcat.cfm#L238


      
          				if ( len( local.error ) ) throw local.error;
          				// logger( local.out );
          				break;
          			default:
          				throw "_extract: unsupported format (#arguments.format#)";
          		}
          		return true;
          	};
          
          	function addJavaxJars(jarPath){
          		// tomcat 10+ uses jarkarta but needs the javax servlet jars too
          		logger( "Adding javax jars to [#jarPath#]" );
          		var jars = [
          			"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/servlet/javax.servlet-api/4.0.1/javax.servlet-api-4.0.1.jar",
          			"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/servlet/jsp/javax.servlet.jsp-api/2.3.3/javax.servlet.jsp-api-2.3.3.jar",
          			"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/el/javax.el-api/3.0.0/javax.el-api-3.0.0.jar"
          		];
          
          		for (var jar in jars){
          			logger(chr(9) & jar);
          			http method="get" url=jar path=arguments.jarPath file=listlast(jar,"/") throwOnError=true;

ayman042002 · December 29, 2025, 8:47am

Thanks @Zackster

I’m setting up a separated architecture:

Frontend: Dedicated Apache server(s) (Ubuntu) handling static files, SSL, and acting as a reverse proxy.
Backend: A separate Ubuntu server running only Tomcat + Lucee to process CFML requests (*.cfm, *.cfc).

My Goal: Install and configure Lucee manually on the backend server without installing Apache on that same machine. I will configure the frontend Apache server(s) to proxy dynamic requests to this Lucee/Tomcat backend.

I’m trying to set up Lucee on a clean Ubuntu server, but I’m running into a lack of clear documentation for a manual installation. The official Lucee installer seems to require Apache, but I’d prefer to run Lucee directly on Tomcat without Apache as a front-end (at least for now).

Could someone please share:

A reliable guide for manual Lucee + Tomcat installation on Ubuntu?

Zackster · December 29, 2025, 11:48am

IIS and Apache support are both optional, simply answer no

--installiis
Default Value: [true]
This is a BOOLEAN value, meaning it must be true or false.
This value tells the installer to install the connector for IIS, the BonCode Connector. (Ignored on Linux) By setting this variable to [true], the Windows Lucee Installer will launch the BonCode Connector installer silently during the install process. You will see several DOS windows pop-up during the connector install process as the BonCode Connector verifies modules and installs what it needs.

--installconn
Default Value: [true]
This is a BOOLEAN value, meaning it must be true or false.
This value tells the installer to install the Apache connector. (Ignored on Windows) This variable must be set to [true] if any of the Apache-specific variables are to have any relevance. If this variable is set to [false], the Apache-specific variables will be ignored.

The installer / express is a complete working example of what is required to install Lucee on Tomcat, did you try doing a diff like I suggested?