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Chris 3:23 pm on February 20, 2012
Tags: , jetty, jrun, server service, server view, web root   

Notes on Installing Local ColdFusion 10 Beta, ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Beta and IIS 7

I recently did a clean install with ColdFusion 10 Beta and ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Beta on a Windows 7 SP1 64-bit machine. (This is for a local development environment)

IIS

After installing IIS 7 with defaults and turning on ISASPI filters, I noticed ColdFusion would not initialize. After reading through some notes be sure to turn on these options for IIS 7:

  • .NET Extensibility
  • ASP.NET
  • CGI
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • ISAPI Filters

Web Root

I noticed when installing ColdFusion, the option for where the web root is located has been removed. It’s kind of complicated, so I’ll give you an example of how I changed mine to c:\wwwroot.

  1. I pointed my default IIS site to c:\wwwroot. This is probably not necessary as long as you have another site setup with virtual directory for /CFIDE (C:\wwwroot\CFIDE) and /jakarta (C:\ColdFusion10\config\wsconfig\1). Notice the new jakarta requirement in addition to the standard CFIDE alias.
  2. Copy (or perhaps move) the contents of “C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\wwwroot” to “C:\wwwroot”. This should include the folders CFIDE and WEB-INF.
  3. Edit the file “C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\runtime\conf\server.xml”
  4. Copy the “<Context…” open and close element that is currently commented out to the next line uncommented.
  5. You will need to change the docBase to your new webroot, the WorkDir to the absolute path, and the aliases for CFIDE and WEB-INF. Why the aliases are needed in both IIS and this config you’ve got me. But if you leave them out you’ll end up with an error from Apache. Not sure what this is about yet.
    <Context path=”/” docBase=”C:\wwwroot” WorkDir=”C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\runtime\conf\Catalina\localhost\tmp” aliases=”/CFIDE=C:\wwwroot\CFIDE,/WEB-INF=C:\wwwroot\WEB-INF” ></Context>
  6. Restart your ColdFusion server service.
Thanks to Ryan Anklam’s Blog for providing me with a starting point on this.

ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Beta

After I installed ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Beta (running as Administrator), I attempted to add the server to the server view. However I ran into the issue where only ColdFusion version 9 was available. After a post to the discussion groups I learned:

  • The Application Server setting should be “CF+Tomcat Bundle” instead of Jrun.
Also there is a difference for enabling the console view on ColdFusion Builder.
  • Be sure to install the ColdFusion Jetty Service during the ColdFusion 10 install to be able to start and stop your ColdFusion service.
  • You no longer need to set the ColdFusion Application Server service to manual.
  • ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 will now control the service instead of its own instance.
  • Console view works with the service started instead of its own instance.

I still have a lot of playing around to do with this combination, but I hope this helps a few of you out in the mean time.

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