Macromedia COLDFUSION 5 User Manual

Installing and

Configuring ColdFusion Serv er

ColdFusion Server 5

Macromedia, Inc.

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Part number: ZCF50MINS

Welcome to ColdFusion Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Developer Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

About ColdFusion Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Getting Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Contacting Macromedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Printed and online documentation set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Viewing online documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Chapter 1 Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows . . 3

Windows System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Before You Begin the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Required operating system updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server . . . 6

Important Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Upgrading from a previous version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Verifying that a Web server is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Removing, modifying, repairing, or updating ColdFusion Server 5 . . . . . . 8

Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ColdFusion Server services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Configuring Your Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuring Web servers manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuring SNMP MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Changing the ColdFusion Server user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

What to Do Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 2 Installing ColdFusion Server in Solaris . . . 23

Solaris System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Before You Begin the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Required operating system patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing SNMP in Solaris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Important Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Upgrading from a previous version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Verifying that a Web server is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing ColdFusion Server in Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ColdFusion Server Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring Your Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configuring Web servers manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configuring SNMP MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Configuring databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

What to Do Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 3 Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux . . . . 39

Linux System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Before You Begin the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Required operating system patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installing SNMP in Red Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Important Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Upgrading from a previous version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Verifying that a Web server is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

ColdFusion Server processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Configuring Your Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring Web servers manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring SNMP MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

What to Do Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 4 Installing ColdFusion Server in HP-UX . . . 55

HP-UX System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Before You Begin the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Required operating system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Upgrading from a previous version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Verifying that a Web server is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Mounting the installation CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing ColdFusion Server in HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

ColdFusion Server processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring Your Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring Web servers manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

What to Do Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 5 Basic ColdFusion Server Administration . 67

Initial Administration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

The ColdFusion Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Accessing the Administrator remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Client Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Migrating Client Variable Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Memory Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Single threaded sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Variable scope locking settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Mail/Mail Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Data Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Verity Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Managing collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Verity supported file types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Debug Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Debug Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Debugging IPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Automated Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Automation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Schedule Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

JVM and Java Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Java Applets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

CFX Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Custom Tag Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

CORBA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Basic Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

CF Admin Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Tag Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

CF Studio Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Logs and Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Logging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Server Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 6 Managing Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

About ColdFusion Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10

Supported Database Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

What to do next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Choosing the Correct Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

About ODBC drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

About OLE DB and native drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

ColdFusion Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Verifying ColdFusion Data Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server Options (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server Options (UNIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Connecting to Microsoft Access Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring Microsoft Access Options (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Tips for connecting to Microsoft Access (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting to Remote Access Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Connecting to Oracle Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.x options (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.x options (UNIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Connecting to Oracle 7.3.4 and 8.0.x databases (UNIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Connecting to Oracle 8.0.x through ODBC (UNIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Troubleshooting the Oracle 7.3.4 native driver (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Configuring the Oracle 8 Client (Windows, UNIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Chapter 7 Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS . 135

Before You Install ColdFusion Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Configuring DNS servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Configuring Web server IP address fail-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using ClusterCATS dynamic IP addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Enabling the STREAMS protocol (Windows NT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Configuring firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Analyzing Web server content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Considering domain controllers (Windows NT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

After You Install ColdFusion Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Welcome to ColdFusion Server

Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server is intended for server administrators and anyone who is new to ColdFusion Server and needs to install and configure ColdFusion Server 5.

Contents

• Intended Audience...................................................................................................viii

• New Features............................................................................................................viii

• Developer Resources................................................................................................... x

• About ColdFusion Documentation....................................................................... ...xi

• Getting Answers........................................................................................................xii

• Contacting Macromedia..........................................................................................x iii

viii Welcome to ColdFusion Server

Intended Audience

Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, and maintain ColdFusion Server 5. It describes:

• System requirements

• Installation processes for all supported operating systems

• Operating system-specific configuration instructions

• Basic configuration options using the ColdFusion Administrator

New Features

The following table lists the new features in ColdFusion 5:

Benefit Feature Description

Breakthrough productivity

Powerful business intelligence capabilities

Enhanced performance

User-defined functions Create reusable functions to accelerate

development.

Query of queries

Easily integrate data from heterogeneous sources by merging and querying data in memory using standard SQL.

Server analysis and troublshooting

Quickly detect and diagnose server errors with built-in server reporting and the new Log File Analyzer.

Charting engine

Create professional-quality charts and graphs from queried data without leaving the ColdFusion environment.

Enhanced V eri ty K2 full-text search

Index and search up to 250,000 documents and enjoy greater performance.

Reporting interface for Crystal Reports 8.0

Create professional-quality tabular reports from queried data and applications.

Core engine tuning

Take advantage of dramatically improved server performance and reduced memory usage to deliver faster, more scalable applications.

Incremental page delivery

Wire protocol database drivers

Improve response time by delivering page output to users as it is built.

Deliver high-performance ODBC connectivity using new drivers.

New Features ix

Benefit Feature Description

Easy managment

Application deployment services

Effortlessly and reliably deploy, archive, or restore entire applications using ColdFusion archive files.

Enhanced application monitoring

Keep track of server performance and availability with customizable alerts and recovery.

SNMP support

Monitor ColdFusion applications from enterprise management systems.

Expanded integration

Expanded Linux support

Deploy on additional Linux distributions, including SuSE and Cobalt.

Enhanced hardware load balancer integration

Apply optimized, agent-based support for hardwa re load balancers, including new support for the Cisco CSS 11000.

Enhanced COM support

Experience easier integrati on with COM components.

x Welcome to ColdFusion Server

Developer Resources

Macromedia Corpo r a tion is comm itte d to set tin g the stan da r d fo r custom e r suppo rt in developer education, tech nical supp o rt, and pro fes sio nal services . T he Web site is designed to give you quick access to the entire range of online resources, as the following table describes.

Resource Description URL

Macromedia W eb site

Information on ColdFusion

Technical Support

ColdFusion Support Forum

Installation Support

Professional Education

Developer Community

ColdFusion Dev Center

Macromedia Alliance

General inf ormation about Macromed ia products and services

Detailed product information on ColdFusion and related topics

Professional support programs that Macromedia offers .

Access to experienced ColdFusion developers through participation in the Online Forums, where you can post messages and read replies on many subjects relating to ColdFusion.

Support for installation-related issues for all Macromedia products

Information about cla s ses, on-site training, and online courses offered by Macromedia

All the resources th at you need to st ay on the cutting edge of ColdFus ion development, inc luding onlin e discussion groups, Knowledge Base, technical papers and more

Development tips, articles, documentation, and white papers

Connection with the growing network of solution providers, appli ca tio n developers, resellers, and hosting services creating solutions with ColdFusion

About ColdFusion Documentation xi

About ColdFusion Documentation

ColdFusion Server documentation is designed to provide support for the complete spectrum of participant s . T he p rint a nd onl ine v e rsions are organized to allow you to quickly locate the information that you need. The ColdFusion Server online documentation is provided in HTML.

Printed and online documentation set

The ColdFusion documentation set consists of the following titles.

Book Description

Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server

Advanced ColdFusion Administration

Developing ColdFusion Applications

Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX.

Describes how to connect your data sources to the ColdFusion Server, configure security for your applications, and how to use ClusterCATS to manage scalability, clustering, and load-bal ancing for your site.

Describes how to use ColdFusion Server to develop your dynamic Web applications, including retrieving and updating your data, using structures, and forms.

CFML Reference The online-only CFML Reference provides descriptions, syntax,

usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables.

CFML Quick Reference

A brief guide that shows the syntax of ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables

Viewing online documentation

ColdFusion documentation in Acrobat format is available on the ColdFusion product CD-ROM and for download from the ColdFusion Web site: http://

www .coldfusion.com.

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Getting Answers

One of the best ways to solve particular programming problems is to tap into the vast expertise of the ColdFusion developer communities on the ColdFusion Forums at

http://forums.coldfusion.com. Other developers on the forum can help you figure

out how to do just about anything with ColdFusion Server. The search facility can also help you search messages from the previous 12 months, allowing you to learn how others have solved a problem that you might be facing. The Forums is a great resource for learning ColdFusion, but it is also a great place to see the ColdFusion developer community in action.

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Contacting Macromedia

Corporate headquarters

Technical support Macromedia offers a range of telephone and Web-based

Sales Toll Free: 888.939.2545

Macromedia, Inc. 600 Townsend Street

San Francisco, CA 4103 Tel: 415.252.2000

Fax: 415.626.0554 Web:

support options. Go to http://www.coldfusion.com/support/ for a complete description of technical support services.

You can make postings to the ColdFusion Support Forum (http://forums.coldfusion.com/DevConf/index.cfm) at any time.

Tel: 617.219.2100 Fax: 617.219.2101

E-mail: sales@macromedia.com Web:

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Chapter 1

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Windows

This chapter explains how to install and configure ColdFusion Server in Windows.

Contents

• Windows S yst em Re q uirements................................................... ....... .......................4

• Before You Begin the Installation...............................................................................5

• Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows...............................................................10

• Configuring Your Installation....................................................... ....... .....................14

• What to Do Next........................................................................................................21

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Windows System Requirements

The following table compares the system requi rements for the ColdFusi on Server Professional and Enterprise Ed itions:

ColdFusion Server

Requirement Windows V ersi on

Windows 98 x Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation and Server) x x Windows 2000 (Professional*, Server, and

Advanced Server)

Hardware

Processor Pentium Pentium Minimum RAM (MB) 128 256 Recommended RAM (MB) 256 512 Free Hard Disk Space (MB) 200 400 CD-ROM Drive x x

Web Servers

Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) x Microsoft IIS 4.0, 5.0 x x iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6, 4.1 x x Apache Server 1.3.x O’Reilly WebSite Professional

WebSite Server API (WSAPI)

*†

* 2.0, 3.0

Professional

xx xx xx

ColdFusion Server Enterprise

* ClusterCATS and Appl i cati on Man agemen t features are not supported on

these platforms.

† ColdFusion Server provides a precompiled module that is binary compat-

ible with versions 1.3.6 throu gh 1.3.1 9. ColdFusi on Server al so provide s the files required to build a version of the ColdFusion plug-in module for a custom version of Apache 1.3.x. For more information, see “Configur-

ing Web servers manually” on page 14.

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Before You Begin the Installation

This section contains the following pre-installation instructions:

• Required operating system updates

• Installing SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server

• Important Network Considerations

• Upgrading from a pre viou s version

• Verifying that a Web server is running

• Removing, modifying, repairing, or updating ColdFusion Server 5

Required operating system updates

Categorized by Windows version, the following table lists the updates that must be installed before installing ColdF usion Server 5:

Operating System Update Where to find it

Windows 98 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/downloads/ MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion

Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe

NT Option Pack http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/

ntoptionpack/askwiz.asp

Window NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/

download.htm

MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion

Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/

MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion

Required only for MIB functionality. For instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Windows

NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server” on page 6 and “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page

19.

download.htm

Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe

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Operating System Update Where to find it

SNMP

†

Required only for MIB functionality. For instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Windows

NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server” on page 6 and “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page

36.

* Windows NT 4.0 Server only † Windows 2000 Server only

Installing SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server

Managed data is accessible in ColdFusion Server 5 Enterprise Edition through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) for Advanced ColdFusion Application Management features. You can integrate this information with your third-party system management tools. These tools provide a way for you to manage diverse components of your enterprise from a management station in your network.

If you want to use the ColdFusion Server MIB featur es, you must install SNMP befor e installing ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see the following procedures.

To install the SNMP service in Windows NT 4.0:

1 From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > Network > Service Tab >

Add > SNMP Service.

2 The installation begins. When prompted, insert your Windows installation

CD-ROM.

3 Start the SNMP trap service.

Note

If you chose to overwrite new files during the SNMP installation, you must re-apply your most recent operating system Service Pack after the SNMP installation because the SNMP install includes some older files.

To install the SNMP service in Windows 2000:

1 From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Progra ms >

Add/Remove Windows Components.

2 Click Management and Monitoring Tools and Details. 3 Select Simple Network Management Protocol, and click OK. 4 To begin the installation, click Next.

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After finishing the ColdF usi on Server installa tion, yo u must con figur e yo ur system to use the MIB features. For more information, see “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page

19.

Important Network Considerations

The following table includes important considerations to keep in mind when configuring your network before the ColdFusion Server installation:

• ColdFusion Server must be installed using the same administrator account that was used to install Windows and IIS.

• The server running ColdFusion Server should not be configured as a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or Backup Domain Controll er (BDC). Macromedia follows Microsoft’s network model in which the first level is the PDC/BDC. These systems only manage the network/domain and are not designed to run application servers. ColdFusion Server should reside on the second level of Windows NT and Windows 2000 standalone systems. Standalone servers can participate in a network/domain.

• In an optimal production environment, each ColdFusion Server application is hosted on a dedicated server. A database, mail, or other server should not reside on the same server as ColdFusion Server.

• If you intend to install ClusterCATS, you must first prepare your server. For instructions, see “Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS” on page 135.

• Because Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or W indows 2000 Pr ofe ss io nal h andle only ten TCP/IP connections concurrently, Macromedia does not recommend using those operating systems in a production environment. Use Window NT 4.0 Server or Windows 2000 Server. In addition, Macromedia does not recommend using Windows 98 because it is not intended as server platforms.

Upgrading from a previous version

The ColdFusion Server 5 installation upgrades your current version of ColdFusion Server automatically. However, keep in mind the following important instructions when upgrading from a previous release of ColdFusion Server:

• If you are upgrading from ColdFusion Server 4.0.1 or an earlier release, you must uninstall the old version before installing ColdFusion Server 5.

• Using the ClusterCATS Explorer or servers before upgrading them to ColdFusion Server 5. In addition, some ClusterCATS management operations using the btcluadm utility require a license key. The license key is "GoColdFusion".

• To continue to use VisiBroker for CORBA connections in ColdFusion Server 5, copy the libraries bundled with ColdFusion Server 4.5.1 into the appropriate directo ry. If you uninstall a previous release of ColdFusion Server before installing ColdFusion Server 5, these libraries are removed from your system. Copy the libraries to a safe location before the uninstall.

• If you used Advanced Security policy stores in ColdFusion Server 4.5, you must import that data into ColdFusion Server 5. The ColdFusion installation

btcluadm, you must remove cluster member

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automatically detects and exports po licy store data to an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file named smpolicy451export.xml. It is stored in the \cfusion\database\ directory. To complete the migration process, log into the ColdFusion Administrator and click on the Advanced Security link. Detailed instructions are provided for importing the policy store data.

Warning

Before proceeding with the upgrade, backup your ColdFusion Server Web applications.

Verifying that a Web server is running

Before installing ColdFusion Server, check that your Web server is installed and running.

To check that your local Web server is running:

Enter the URL for a Web page or site from your local Web server in your browser’s Address field and press Enter.

For example, if the file myindex.htm is in your Web document root directory, load the page in your browser using the localhost URL:

http://127.0.0.1/myindex.htm

If your Web server is not running, you will receive an error message.

Removing, modifying, repairing, or updating ColdFusion Server 5

To remove ColdFusion Server:

Removing ColdFusion Server deletes all program files and related components from your system.

1Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > ColdFusion

Server 5. Click Remove. then Next. A dialog box displays to confirm the uninstall.

2 To begin the uninstall, click Yes. When the program completes, restart your system.

To modify ColdFusion Server:

Modifying the ColdFusion server installation installs and uninstalls the components that you select.

1Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > ColdFusion

Server 5. Click Modify, then Next.

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A dialog box displays a list ColdFusion Server components.

2 Select the components that you want removed or added, and click Next. When the program completes, restart your system.

To repair/update ColdFusion Server:

Use the Repair/update feature to reinstall a component of ColdFusion Server. Repairing ColdFusion Server refreshes the Windows registry, reset settings, and replace missing files.

1Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > ColdFusion

Server 5. Click Repair, then Next.

When the program completes, restart your system.

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Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows

Macromedia recommends that you close all open applications before running the Setup program. This ensures proper installation of the Merant ODBC 3.7 drivers.

This procedure describes a ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition installation.

To install ColdFusion Server:

1 Close all open applications. 2 Log into your system using the Local Administrator account. 3 Open the Run dialog and browse to the

CD-ROM or an alternate location. Execute the file.

4 After the Welcome and Licence agreement dialogs, the Customer Information

dialog displays. Enter your information, including the ColdFusion Server license key. You can find your ColdFusion Server license key on the product box and the CD-ROM packaging.

The Web Server Selection dialog box displays next.

5 Do one of the following:

If your Web server is already installed, the Install Wizard automatically detects it. Click the radio button for the Web server that you want ColdFusion Server to use.

If your Web server is not listed, select Other Server and click Next. For instructions on manually configuring your Web server to work with ColdFusion Server, see “Configuring Web servers manually” on page 14.

6 After the Choose Destination Path dialog box, the Select Components dialog

displays:

setup.exe file on the ColdFusion Server 5

Select the ColdFusion Server components to install. When you select a component, a brief description displays in the Description box.

Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows 11

The following table lists important installation options and considerations for ColdFusion Enterprise Edition customers:

If You Select Comment

ClusterCATS If you want the server on which you are installing

ClusterCATS to be able to assume the IP address and HTTP traffic of a failed server in the cluster, select Web Server (IP) Failover.

ClusterCA TS and Applicatio n Management together

MIB support You must install Windows SNMP service before

Warning

Because of potential security concerns, the ColdFusion Server team recommends that you not install the example applications in production environments.

The monitoring, alarms, and hardware load-balancing features cannot be accessed using the ColdFusion Administrator. Instead, use ClusterCATS Explorer.

installing ColdFusion. The MIB option is available only if the SNMP service has been installed before ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see “Installing

SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Serve r” on page 6 and “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page 19.

7 After the Assign Password and Confirm Selections dialogs, the Install Wizard

begins copying the ColdFusion Server files to your system.

8 Restart your system.

ColdFusion Server services

The ColdFusion Server installation cr eates the following services in Windo ws NT and Windo ws 200 0:

Service Purpose

ColdFusion Application Server

ColdFusion Executive Polls the ColdFusion Appl ication Server serv ice and, if it is

ColdFusion Remote Development Service (RDS)

* Available only in ColdFusion Server Enterprise

The main ColdFusion Server service. ColdFusion pages cannot be processed if this service is not running.

not running, restarts it. Provides security, directory and file browsing, and

debugging services for ColdFusion Studio.

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Service Purpose

SiteMinder Authenticati on Service*

SiteMinder Authorization Service*

ColdFusion Managem ent Service*

ColdFusion Monitoring Service*

ColdFusion Graphing Server*

ColdFusion Managem ent Repository Server*

Available only if you select the Advanced Security option during ColdFusion Server setup. Provides use r authentication services for advanced security.

Available only if you select the Advanced Security option during ColdFusion Server installation. Provides access authorization services for advanced security.

Supports ColdFusion Management features, including Archive/Restore and Server Reporting.

Monitors the performance and avail abi lity of the ColdFusion Server, the HTTP server, and probes that are created. This service supports ClusterCATS and Application Monitoring.

Provides a Java runtime required for Macromedia Generator (

Provides Repository Management facilities for the ColdFusion Management Service.

cfgraph) support.

* Available only in ColdFusion Server Enterprise

Starting and stopping ColdFusion Server services

In general, you should stop and restart ColdFusion Server after making changes in the ColdFusion Administrator that affect a data source or connection parameter, such as caching, thread count, and so on.

T o start and stop a ColdFusion Service in Windows NT 4.0:

• Select Start > Settings> Control Panel > Services. If a service is running, its status appears as "Started" in the Status column. If it is

not running, no statu s appears for the service.

− To stop a service, select it and click Stop. You are prompted to verify that you want to stop the service; click Yes. The Services window refreshes, and the status of the service is no longer shown as "Started."

− To start a service, select it and click Start. The status of the service appears as "Started".

To configure ColdFusion Server to startup automatically or manually in in Windows NT 4.0:

1Select Start > Settings> Control Panel > Services. 2 Double-click the service that you want to configure. The window for that service

opens. 3 In the Startup Type frame, select either the Automatic or Manual option. 4 To save the configuration, click OK.

Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows 13

To start and stop a ColdFusion Service in Windows 2000:

• Select Start > Control Panel > Settings > Administrative Tools > Services. If a service is running, its status appears as "Started" in the Status column. If it is

not running, no statu s appears for the service.

− To stop a service, select it and click Stop. The Services window refreshes, and the status of the service is no longer shown as "Started".

− To start a service, select it and click Start. The status of the service appears as "Started".

To configure ColdFusion Server to startup automatically or manually in Windows 2000:

1 In the MMC, right-click the service that you want to configure and select

Properties.

2 In the Properties dialog, select the General tab. In the Startup Type drop-down

menu, choose either Manual or Automatic.

3Click OK.

Running ColdFusion Server in Windows 98

Since Windows 98 does not have a services architecture, ColdFusion Server runs as two executables:

Executable Purpose

ColdFusion Application Server

ColdFusion RDS Provides security, directory and file browsing, and

When ColdFusion Server is running, two icons appear in the task bar. To stop the ColdFusion Application Server executable, right-click the IDE service icon. To run ColdFusion Server at startup, place a shortcut for the ColdFusion Server icon in the Startup program group.

The main ColdFusion Server service. ColdFusion pages cannot be processed if this service is not running.

debugging services for ColdFusion Studio.

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Configuring Your Installation

After installing ColdFusion Server, you may have to perform the following actions:

• Configuring Web servers manually

• Configuring SNMP MIB

• Changing the ColdFusion Server user account

Configuring Web servers manually

If you selected Other Server in the Web Server Selection dialog, or your Web server was not detected by the Install Wizard, you must manually configure it. This section explains how to do this in Win dows NT and Windows 2000. The instructions assume ColdFusion Server is installed in c:\cfusion.

This section explains how to configure these Web servers:

• Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Apache Web server

• Netscape/iPlanet Enterprise Web Server

• O’Reilly WebSite Professional

Internet Information Services (IIS)

The following procedure uses Windows 2000 Profes sional as the example operating system. The steps for Windows NT 4.0 are similar.

Tip

If you run ColdFusion Server on Windows 2000 with IIS5, you can improve performan c e a s fo l l ows: open the Int e rn et Services Manager, right-click D ef a u l t Web Site, and select Properties. On the Home Directory tab, select Low (IIS Process) in the Application Protection drop-down list, and click Apply. Stop IIS Admin and all Web services from the Windows NT Control Panel, and then restart IIS.

To configure IIS for ColdFusion Server:

1 Start the Micr o so ft M an agem en t C o ns ole (MMC ) by selecting Start > Pro gra ms >

Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

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The MMC displays:

2 In the Tree tab, under the Internet Information Services tree, right-click your

Web site and select Properties. The Properties dialog box displays:

3 Click the Home Directory tab, then Configuration.

Note

If the Configuration button is greyed out, click Create, then click Configuration.

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The Application Configuration dialog box displays:

4 In the App Mappings tab, select entries for.cfm and .dbm, and click Remove. 5Click Add.

The Add/Edit Application Extension Mappings dialog box displays:

6 Click Browse and go to c:\cfusion\bin\iscf.dll. Enter .cfm in the Extension text

box, and verify that the Script engine check box is selected. Click OK.

7 Repeat Step 6, substituting .dbm for the extension.

Note

In previous versions, ColdFusion Server used the .dbm file extension for ColdFusion Server files. Macromedia recommends that you rename templates that have a .dbm extension to .cfm.

8 Click OK in the Application Configuration dialog box to save your changes.

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Apache Web server

This procedure assumes that the Apache Web server is installed in c:\Apache.

To configure Apache for ColdFusion Server:

1 If it is not already installed, download the Apache Web server from the Apache

HTTP Server Project Web site at http://www.apache.org/. Read the Windows

documentation at http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html. 2 If a version of the Apache Web server is running, shut down the Web server. 3 Copy the cfusion\bin\ApacheModuleColdFusion.dll module to your Apache

modules directory.

For example: c:\Apache\modules\ApacheModuleColdFusion.dll. 4 Edit the Apache configuration file (c:\Apache\conf\httpd.conf). Add this line:

LoadModule coldfusion_module modules/ApacheModuleColdFusion.dll

5 Restart the Apache Web server.

Netscape/iPlanet Enterprise Web Server

Manually configuring Netscape/iPlanet Web servers for ColdFusion Server re quires modifying two files, obj.conf and mime.types, in the Netscape/iPlanet Web server directory, such as c:\netscape\server4\https-yourserver.com\config.

Warning

Ensure that you do not alter files in the backup or install directories.

To configure Netscape/iPlanet for ColdFusion Server:

1 Make a backup copy of the obj.conf file. 2 Insert the following line at the top of the obj.conf file:

Init fn="load-modules" funcs="DoCFRequest" shlib="C:/CFUSION/Bin/

NS4CF.DLL"

3 Look for the following line in the same obj.conf file:

Service method =(GET|HEAD) type="magnus-internal/imagemap"

fn="imagemap"

After this line, insert the following line:

Service fn="DoCFRequest" method="(GET|POST)" type="magnus-internal/

cold-fusion"

4 Make a backup copy of the mime.types file, which is located in the same

directory as the obj.conf file. 5 Insert the following line to the mime.types file:

type=magnus-internal/cold-fusion exts=dbm,cfm,dbml,cfml

6 Go into the Netscape Administrator, and save the changes.

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Note

Netscape is case sensitive, so add the lines exactly as they appear here . Enter

each command one line. If you remove ColdFusion Server, you must undo these

changes. Otherwise, the iPlanet/Netscape Web server will not work.

O’Reilly WebSite Professional

This example uses Windows 2000 Professional as the example operating system and O’Reilly WebSite Professional 3.0 as the Web server.

To configure O’Reilly WebSite Professional for ColdFusion Server:

1Select Start > Programs > WebSite Professional > Server Properties.

The WebSite Pro Server Properties dialog box displays:

2 In the Mapping tab, click Associations in the Mapping Types box.

a In the File Extension text box, enter .cfm.

b In the File Extension text box, click Browse; go to c:\cfusion\bin\WSCF.DLL.

Click Add. c Repeat Step 2, substituting .dbm. dClick Add.

The .cfm and .dbm mappings display in the File Extension box.

3 In the Mapping tab, in the Mapping Types box, click Content Types.

a In the File Extension text box, enter .cfm and .dbm. b In the Media or Server-Side Content text field, enter wwwserver/wsapi. cClick Add.

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Configuring SNMP MIB

To use the ColdFusion Server MIB features, you must configure these settings: 1 For each system, such as a system with the IP address 192.178.64.88, that is to

receive trap messages from the local host, open the local host’s Registry to:

\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Paramete

rs\TrapConfiguration\public

For each system, add a value in the following form:

1: REG_SZ:192.178.64.88

2 Open the Debug Options page of the ColdFusion Administrator, and ensure that

the Enable Performance Monitoring checkbox is selected.

Tip

You can find a copy of the MIB definition in CFusion/cfam/Database/lhmib.mib.

Using HTTPS and non-default ports

To use HTTPS, a different Web server name, or a different port to access the Web document root for ColdFusion MIB information, modify <installdir>/cfam/ Database/mib.properties

For example, this file usually contains a single entry, such as

maine

is the local host name, and http://maine is the Web document root for the ColdFusion MIB information. To use HTTPS, a different Web document root (maine1), and port (459), edit the entry to https://maine1:459.

http://maine where

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Changing the ColdFusion Server user account

By default, ColdFusion Server runs under the host’s System account. However, under this account, ColdFusion application pages may have access rights to interact with remote data sources, other application pages, and COM objects.

You may have to run ColdFusion Server under a account that provides the necessary access rights. These instructions use Windows 2000 Professional operating system.

To change the ColdFusion Server user account:

1 Start the MMC by selecting Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer

Management.

a In the Tree tab, expand Services and Applications and select Services. b Right-click ColdFusion Application Server and sele ct Properties.

The ColdFusion Application Server Properties dialog box displays:

2 Select the Log On tab. Click This account. Enter appropriate account

information.

3 Click OK to apply the changes.

Restart ColdFusion Server services.

Warning

Do not rename your Windows Administrator account. It causes problems with security policies and profiles.

What to Do Next 21

What to Do Next

After installing ColdFusion Server and configuring your installation, you must perform some initial administration tasks using the ColdFusion Administrator, ColdFusion Server’s Web-based control console. For more information, see “Initial

Administration Tasks” on page 68.

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Chapter 2

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Solaris

This chapter explains how to install and configure ColdFusion Server in Solaris.

Contents

• Solaris System Requirements...................................................................................24

• Before You Begin the Installation.............................................................................25

• Installing ColdFusion Server in Solaris.................................................................... 29

• Configuring Your Installation................................................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ..33

• What to Do Next........................................................................................................38

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Solaris System Requirements

The following table contains the system requirements for the ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition:

ColdFusion

Requirement Solaris Version

Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 x

Hardware

Processor SPARC Minimum RAM (MB) 256 Recommended RAM (MB) 512 Free Hard Disk Space (MB) 350 CD-ROM Drive x

Web Server

iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6, 4.1 x Apache Server 1.3.x

* ColdFusion Server provides a precompiled module that is binary compat-

ing Web servers manually” on page 33.

Server Enterprise

Before You Begin the Installation 25

Before You Begin the Installation

This section contains the following pre-installation instructions:

• Required operating system patches

• Installing SNMP in Solaris

• Important Network Considerations

• Upgrading from a pre viou s version

• Verifying that a Web server is running

• Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Required operating system patches

The following table lists the patches and packages that must be installed before installing ColdFusion Server 5:

Operating System Patch Description

Solaris 2.6 105181-17 or higher Kernel patch

105591-09 or higher LibC: Shared library patch for C++ 105210-25 or higher LibC: Shared library patch for C/C++ 105568-14 or higher libthread: Shared library patch Solstice Enterprise

Agent (SEA) Runtime

1.0.3

Solaris 7 106541-08 or higher Kernel patch

106327-08 or higher LibC: Shared library patch for C++ 106980-07 or higher libthread: Shared library patch 107709-10 or higher Required only for MIB functionality. For

Solaris 8 108869-03 or higher Required only for MIB functionality. For

en_US locale U.S. English language pack

Required only for MIB functionality. For instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Solaris”

on page 26.

instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Solaris”

on page 26.

instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Solaris”

on page 26.

Note

All versions of Solaris require the SUNWxc u4 - - XCU4 Utili ties pack age . To download all patches and packages, go to http://sunsolve.sun.com.

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Installing SNMP in Solaris

If you want to use the ColdFusion Server MIB featur es, you must install SNMP befor e installing ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see the following procedures.

T o install SNMP in Solaris 2.6:

1 Download the Solstice Enterprise Agent (SEA) 1.0.3 Runtime from:

http://www.sun.com/software/entagents/download/

1 Uninstall the following components from your system:

pkgrm SUNWsacom pkgrm SUNWmibii pkgrm SUNWsadmi pkgrm SUNWsasnm

2 Install the SEA Runtime by performing the following steps:

a Uncompress the SEA file by entering the following command:

uncompress solaris2.6-sparc-rt.tar.Z tar -xvf solaris2.6-sparc-rt.tar

b Install the SEA packages, in sequence, as follows:

pkgadd -d . SUNWmibii pkgadd -d . SUNWsasnm pkgadd -d . SUNWsadmi pkgadd -d . SUNWsacom

Note

For more information on installing the SEA packages, see Chapter 2, "Installing Solstice Enterprise Agent" in the SEA User Guide Releas e 1.0 (docs/UGhtml/ install_solaris.doc.html).

3 Apply Solaris patch 106787-12 or higher. 4 Restart the SNMP process.

To install SNMP in Solaris 7 and 8:

• For Solaris 7. install Solaris patch 107709-10 or higher

• For Solaris 8. install Solaris patch 108869-03 or higher

After installing the ColdFusion Server, you must configure your system to use the MIB features. For more information, see “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page 36.

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Important Network Considerations

The following table includes important considerations to keep in mind when configuring your network before the ColdFusion Server installation:

• To install and configure Advanced Security for ColdFusion Server, you must have an installed, running LDAP server available on your n etwork. You mu st have the Directory Manager DN, password, IP/port, and Root DN for this ser ver.

• If you intend to inst all ClusterCATS, you must first prepare your cluster. For instructions, see “Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS” on page 135.

• ClusterCA T S r e quires that the group during the ColdFusion installation using ensure that either nsswitch.conf allows for group resolution from the group file, or the group btcats gets created in NIS/NIS+ before installing ClusterCATS.

• In an optimal production environment, each ColdFusion Server application is hosted on a dedicated server . A database , mail, or other se rver reside on the same server as ColdFusion Server.

• Note the location and version number of your installed Web server. The utility prompts you for this information.

btcats exist. It attempts to cr e a te this group

groupadd. If you are using NIS or NIS+,

pkgadd

Upgrading from a previous version

• If you are upgrading from ColdFusion Server 4.0 or earlier, you must first run the registry migration utility uninstall the old version by running the README.cfregup file.

• If you are upgrading from ColdFusion 4.5, depending on the installation defaults of your before running the default. Change the v alue o f the in stance fro m lets the new version of ColdFusion Server overwrite the existing version.

• Using ClusterCATS Explorer or servers before upgrading them to ColdFusion Server 5. ALso, some ClusterCATS management operations using the btcluadm utility require a license key. The license key is "GoColdFusion".

pkgadd utilities, you may have to edit th e package in stallati on def aults file

cfregup.sh to preserve your registry settings. You must

pkgrm utility. For details, see the

pkgadd utility. This file is located at /var/sadm/install/admin/

quit or unique to overwrite. THis

btcluadm, you must remove cluster member

Note

Before proceeding with the upgrade, backup your ColdFusion Server Web applications.

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Verifying that a Web server is running

Before installing ColdFusion Server, ensure that your Web server is installed and running.

To check that your local Web server is running:

Enter the URL for a Web page or site from your local Web server in your browser’s Address field and press Enter.

For example, if the file myindex.htm is in your Web document root directory, load the page in your browser using the localhost URL:

http://127.0.0.1/myindex.htm

If your Web ser ver is not running, you will receive an error message.

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Use the pkgrm utility to remove an installed version of ColdFusion Server.

Note

The uninstall script removes your preserve them, copy them to a new location before uninstalling ColdFusion Server.

odbc.ini file and all Verity collections. To

To uninstall ColdFusion Server:

1 Log in as root. 2 Enter the following command at the prompt:

pkgrm cfusion

3 ColdFusion Server is deleted from your system.

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Installing ColdFusion Server in Solaris

The installation procedure assumes that you are installing from a CD-ROM. If you purchased and downloaded ColdFusion Server, first place the pac kage file (coldfusion-50-solaris.pkg) into its own directory. To start the installation process, use the the install procedure below, substituting the location to which you downloaded ColdFusion Server for references to the CD -ROM.

This procedure describes a ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition installation. By default, the package file i nstalls C o ldFusion Server in the /opt directory. To install

into a different directory, you must create the directory before running 1 Log in as root. 2 If you are installing from a CD-ROM, copy the gziped tar file, using the

3 Untar the resulting tar file by entering the following command:

4Using the cd command, go to the resulting directory:

5 Run the following pkgadd command:

6 At the prompt, enter cfusion and press Enter. 7 Enter the ColdFusion Server registration ID (license key) when prompted.

pkgadd -d coldfusion-50-solaris.pkg shell command and then follow

pkgadd.

coldfusion-50-solaris.tar.gz command, to a directory on your local disk. Using

gunzip, uncompress the ColdFusion Server tar file with the following command: coldfusion-50-solaris.tar.gz.

tar -xvf coldfusion-50-solaris.tar

cd coldfusion-50-solaris

pkgadd -d coldfusion-50-solaris.pkg

Note

You can find your ColdFusion Server license key on the product box and the CD-ROM packaging.

8 After entering the install directory for ColdFusion Server, the installation process

prompts you to enter the name of your Web server.

Note

If you entered Other or if you have a custom release of Apache, such as usr/local/ apache, see “Configuring Web servers manually” on page 33.

At the corresponding prompt, press Enter to let the installation script automatically configure your Web server.

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9 You are prompted to enter y to install the ColdFusion Server options. For each

option that you want to install, enter

y. The following table describes the options:

Option Description

Reporting and Archive/ Deploy

Monitors, Alarms, and Load-Balancer Integration

Accessed through the ColdFusion Administrator, this option provides ColdFusio n applicati on reporting st atisti cs and the abili ty to archive and deploy ColdFusion applications.

Accessed through the ColdFusion Administrator, this option provides ColdFusion application performance monitoring, threshold alarms, and hardware load-balancing integration for Cisco LocalDirector. If you select ClusterCATS, these features is provided through the ClusterCATS Web Administrator.

ClusterCATS Provides software-based load-balancing and IP failover support

for ColdFusion Server. If you want the server on which you install ClusterCATS to be able to assume the IP address and HTTP traffic of a failed server in the cluster, enter y to configure this server with failover services. For more information, see

“Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS” on page 135.

SNMP MIB Provides application information to third-party applications. You

must install SNMP on Solaris before installing ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Solaris” on page 26 and

“Configuring SNMP MIB” on page 36.

10 After supplying the directory for your Web server documentation, entering and

confirming passwords for the ColdFusion Administrator and ColdFusion Studio, your are prompted to install Advanced Security. To do this, you must have a functioning LDAP server for policy storage.

Solaris customers currently using Advanced Security in ColdFusion Server 4.5 encounter a question during installation as to whether SiteMinder is installed. This is referring to the full, retail version of Netegrity SiteMinder, and it enables ColdFusion Single Sign-On support in ColdFusion automatically. For details on this, see your Netegrity SiteMinder document ation.

You are prompted for a target LDAP server instance to migrate the SiteMinder policy store. ColdFusion Server 5 requires that you do so. This one-time procedure requires a second, properly-configured LDAP server instance. At the end of the migration procedure, the install automatically configures Advanced Security to use this second LDAP instance as the SiteMinder policy store.

11 Select whether to install ColdFusion Server documentation and examples. The

documentation is installed in the /cfdocs directory, under the Web root directory.

Warning

Because of potential security concerns, the ColdFusion Server team recommends that you not install the example applications in production environments.

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12 Enter the user name under which ColdFusion Server runs, or press Enter to run

under the default user name ("nobody").

13 Press Enter to begin the installation. When the installation is complete, a shell script restarts th e Web server and starts

ColdFusion Server s ervices. If the ColdFusion Server services are not star ted automatically, you can start them manually using the ColdFusion Server start-up script, which is located in the coldfusion/bin directory.

ColdFusion Server Processes

The ColdFusion Server installation creates the following processes in Solaris:

Process Purpose

cfexec cfserver

cfrdsservice

cfsecurityproxy smservauth smservaz java

ipaliasd reqmgr ccmgr wsprobe

CANamingAdapter dfp

Starts/stops the other processes and manages page scheduling The main ColdFusion Server service. ColdFusion pages cannot

be processed if this service is not running. Provides system support for the Admi nistrator as well as

security and debugging services for ColdFusion Studio Links ColdFusion Server to the SiteMinder system Provides SiteMinder authentication service Provides SiteMinder authorization service Provides a runtime for the ColdFusion Server graphing and

charting features and application management features Provides IP failover capability for ClusterCATS Processes ClusterCATS operations as root Creates processes to support ClusterCATS Probes the application server for load and restarts

unresponsive We b servers Controls the data store for application management features Provides load-balancing information to LocalDirector

Starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes

In general, you should stop and restart ColdFusion Server after making changes in the ColdFusion Administrator that affect a data source or connection parameter, such as caching or thread count.

ColdFusion Server provides two scripts for starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes manually in Solaris:

/opt/coldfusion/bin/start /opt/coldfusion/bin/stop

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In addition, ColdFusion Application Manager provides two scripts for starting and stopping ClusterCATS and the Application Manager:

/opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-start /opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-stop

Note

To run scripts, you must be logged in with root privileges.

ColdFusion Server also provides the following scripts to start and stop ColdFusion Server during system startup and shutdown:

Script Function

/etc/init.d/coldfusion /etc/rc1.d/K19coldfusion /etc/rc3.d/S25coldfusion /etc/init.d/btccmgr start

Starts or stops ColdFusion Server Stops ColdFusion Server during syst em shutdown Starts ColdFusion Ser ver during sy stem startup Starts ClusterCATS and application management

processes.

/etc/init.d/btccmgr restart

Stops ClusterCATS and application management processes.

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Configuring Your Installation

After installing ColdFusion Server, you may have to perform the following actions:

• Configuring Web servers manually

• Configuring SNMP MIB

• Configuring databases

Configuring Web servers manually

If you did not instruct ColdF usion S e rver to configure your Web server automatically during the ColdFusion Server installation, you must manually configure your Web server. This section explains how to do this in Solaris. The following Web servers are described in this section:

• Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

• Apache Web Server

Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

The ColdFusion Server NSAPI plug-in has been tested with Netscape/iPlanet Enterprise Web Server 3.6 and 4.0 and the Netscape FastTrack Web Server 3.6 and

4.0. The ColdFusion Server installation script configures these servers automatically.

The Netscape/iPlanet plug-in

The Netscape/iPlanet plug-in (coldfusion 35.so) for ColdFusion Server is in the /opt/ coldfusion/webserve r/n sapi directory.

The following procedure assumes that you installed the Netscape/iPlanet server in /

usr/netscape/

server4 on the system named smurf.

To configure the Netscape/iPlanet plug-in:

1 Copy the plug-in to a directory in your server directories. Name it coldfusion.so.

mkdir /usr/netscape/server4/plugins/coldfusion

cp /opt/coldfusion/webserver/nsapi/coldfusion35.so \

usr/netscape/server4/plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so

2In the /usr/netscape/server4/https-smurf/config/mime.types file, add a

new ColdFusion Server type. To do this, add the line:

type=magnus-internal/cold-fusion exts=exts=cfm,dbm,cfml,dbml

3 Edit the /usr/netscape/server4/https-surf/config/obj.conf file to add a

service and init directives. Add all of the following syntax on one line:

Init fn="load-modules" shlib="/usr/netscape/server4/

plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so" funcs="DoCFRequest"

4 Add the following line in the default Object:

Service fn="DoCFRequest" method="(GET|POST)"

type="magnus-internal/cold-fusion"

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5 Stop and restart the Web server.

Note

If you run the Netscape/iPlanet Server Manager, the browser-based administrator, you may get a warning about edits to the Netscape configuration files. This is normal. To reload the new configuration files, follo w the in structions and click Apply

Apache Web Server

ColdFusion Server has been tested with Apache version 1.3.6. To download Apache, go to the Apache Web site at http://www.apache.org.

ColdFusion Server includes a precompiled binary module for Apache,

mod_coldfusion_so, that was tested with Apache 1.3.6 through 1.3.19. This module

works with most versions of Apache. To compile another version of Apache, see the Apache Readme file at /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/readme.

Adding the ColdFusion Server module to Apache 1.3.x

You can find the ColdFusion Server module in the installation directory (usually /opt) under the coldfusion/webserver/apache directory. The prebuilt module shipped with ColdFusion Server 5 is built with Apache 1.3.6.

This module does not work with earlier Apache 1.3.x versions, and it may not work with later versions, if Apache Group changes MODULE_MAGIC_NUMBER_MAJOR (src src/include/ap_mmn.h in the Apache source).

The module provided with ColdFusion Server should work with most versions of Apache, but if you have a custom distribution of Apache, you must build your own version of Apache. With a C compiler (gcc or SUN cc) , you can build a version of mod_coldfusion.so that should work with a version of Apache 1.3.x. For more information, see the Readme file in /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache.

T o make the Apache HTTPD load the ColdFusion Server module at startup, you must configure the mod_so module. This module is not built into Apache by default.

To determine whether the HTTD module is available, run the the module is present,

mod_so.c displays in the list of compiled-in modules. For

more information, see the Apache documentation (README.DSO).

httpd -1 command. If

To configure and add the ColdFusion Server module for Apache:

1 Configure this module into the Apache build by running this command:

$ ./configure --enable-module=so <other apache options>

$ make $ make install

2 If you use gcc to compile Apache, include these environment variables for

configure:

$ env LIBS=/usr/lib/libC.so.5 CFLAGS=-fPIC \

./configure --enable-module=so <other apache options>

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After you configure mod_so in your A pa che bin ary, the simplest way to configur e th e ColdFusion Server module is to use the apxs program that is included in the Apache distribution. It installs by default in <apachedir>/apache/bin. This is a Perl script, so you must have Perl installed on your system. Perl is available at http://

www.perl.com.

To use the apxs program:

1 Ensure that Perl is available in /usr/local/bin/perl. 2 Ensure a C compiler is in your PATH. 3 Add the apache/bin directory to your path:

csh:

set path=($path /usr/ccs/bin /usr/local/apache/bin)

sh/ksh:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/apache/bin export PATH

4 Change to the apache/src directory in the ColdFusion Server installation.

cd /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/src

5 Run the apxs command to build mod_coldfusion.so by entering this command:

make

6 Run the apxs command to add the module to the Apache configuration by

entering this command:

make install

7 Restart your Apache server by entering this command:

apachectl restart

To configure the Apache module that ColdFusion Server provides for Solaris:

1 Copy the ColdFusion Server module to the Apache modules directory:

cp /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/mod_coldfusion.so /usr/local/

apache/libexec

2 Edit your httpd.conf file to include this directive:

LoadModule coldfusion_module libexec/mod_coldfusion.so

Note

If you have a Clea rModuleList directiv e in httpd.conf, you must add th is di rective to the AddModule list, as stated by the comments in the httpd.conf file: AddModule mod_coldfusion.c

3Restart Apache.

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Configuring SNMP MIB

To use the ColdFusion Server MIB features, you must configure the following settings.

To configure Solaris use the MIB Agent:

1 Stop the SNMP process by entering the following command:

/etc/init.d/init.snmpdx stop kill -9 <the pid of the allaire_mibd process>

2 In the file /etc/snmp/conf/allaire_mib.acl, find the following section:

trap = { {

trap-community = public hosts = localhost { enterprise = "allaire"

trap-num = 1, 2, 3, 4 } } }

Change localhost to point to the server(s) that are to receive trap messages from the local host. If two or more servers should receive traps, the line should be in the format:

hosts = host1, host2

The system names must be valid on your network (you must be able to ping them from the local host). If the system names are invalid, the MIB does not work correctly and the MIB log file grows very large . Do not dele te or comment out the trap section of allaire_mib.acl.

3 Restart the SNMP process by entering the following command:

/etc/init.d/init.snmpdx start

4 Go to the Debug Options page of the ColdFusion Administrator, and ensure that

the Enable Performance Monitoring checkbox is selected.

Configuring the MIB Agent for HTTPS and non-default ports

To use HTTPS, a different Web server name, or a different port to access the Web document root for ColdFusion MIB information, modify the content of /usr/lib/ btcats/database/mib.properties file.

This file usually contains one entry, such as host name, and

http://maine is the Web document root directory of the ColdFusion

MIB information. To use HTTPS, a different Web document root (maine1), and port (459), edit the entry to

https://maine1:459.

Tip

You can find the MIB definition in /usr/lib/btcats/database/lhmib_UNIX.mib.

http://maine , where maine is the local

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Configuring databases

After the install has completed, but before you can setup data sources in the ColdFusion Administrator, you must edit the /opt/coldfusion/bin/start script to include information about your database(s).

Normally this requires two changes per database: setting a database-specific environment variable, and a dding the path to the client-side database libraries to

LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Examples are provided in the start

your script to help you.

After editing the start script, you must stop and restar t ColdFusion Server for the changes to take effect. Then use ColdFusion Administrator to set up your data sources.

Note

ColdFusion Server no longer supports OpenIngres database drivers on Solaris.

Note

For more information on configuring data sources for ColdFusion Server, see

“Managing Data Sources” on page 109. Also, see the ODBC 3.7 documentation PDF

file in /opt/coldfusion/odbc/doc/odbcref.pdf.

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What to Do Next

Administration Tasks” on page 68.

Chapter 3

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Linux

This chapter explains how to install and configure ColdFusion Server in Linux.

Contents

• Linux System Requirements.....................................................................................40

• Before You Begin the Installation.............................................................................41

• Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux.....................................................................44

• Configuring Your Installation................................................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ..48

• What to Do Next........................................................................................................53

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Linux System Requirements

The following table compares the system requi rements for the ColdFusi on Server Professional and Enterprise Ed itions:

ColdFusion Server

Requirement Linux Distribution

Red Hat Linux 6.2 and later SuSE Linux 7.0 and later Cobalt RAQ3, RAQ4, XTR

Hardware

Processor Pentium Pentium Minimum RAM 128 MB 256 MB Recommended RAM 256 MB 512 MB Free Hard Disk Space 200 MB 350 MB CD-ROM Drive x x

Web Server

iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise Server 4.1 Apache Server 13.6

All Linux distributions must be running glibc-2.1.3-11 or later, gcc/egcs

*†

†

‡

Professional

xx xx xx

xx xx

ColdFusion Server Enterprise

libstdc++ 2.9, and 2.2 kernel or later . For p erformance r easons, the ColdFusion team recommends performing a Linux Server or Custom install of Red Hat 6.x rather than KDE or GNOME installation.

†

ClusterCATS and Application Management features are not supported on

this platform.

‡ ColdFusion Server provides a precompiled module that is binary compat-

ing Web servers manually” on page 48.

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Before You Begin the Installation

This section contains the following pre-installation instructions:

• Required operating system patches

• Installing SNMP in Red Hat

• Important Network Considerations

• Upgrading from a pre viou s version

• Verifying that a Web server is running

• Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Required operating system patches

The following table lists the patches and packages that must be installed before to installing ColdFusion Server 5:

Linux Distribution Patch Where to find it

Red Hat 6.2, 7.0 compat-libstdc++ RPM ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/current/

UCD-SNMP 4.2.1 Required only for MIB functionality. For

instructions, see “Installing SNMP in

Red Hat” on page 41.

SuSE 7.0 apache.rpm ftp://ftp.s u se.com/pub/suse/i3 86/

update/

Cobalt RAQ 3, RAQ4, XTR

glibc-2.1.3-22 http://www.cobalt.com/support/

download/index.html

glibc-profile-2.1.3-22 http://www.cobalt.com/support/

download/index.html

glibc-devel-2.1.3-22 http://www.cobalt.com/support/

download/index.html

Red Hat 6.0 glibc patch ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/current/

Installing SNMP in Red Hat

Managed data is accessible in ColdFusion Server 5 Enterprise Edition through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) for Application Management features. You can integrate this information with third-party system management tools. These tools let you manage diverse components of your enterprise from a management stat ion in your network.

If you want to use ColdFusion Server MIB features, you must install SNMP before installing ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see the following procedures.

Tip

To find the version of SNMP that you are currently running, enter snmpd -v.

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To install SNMP in Red Hat:

The ColdFusion Server MIB Agent uses the Dynamic Module approach of UCD-SNMP 4.2. To use the MIB Agent, you must ensure that UCD-SNMP 4.2.1 or higher is installed on your system.

1 Download UCD-SNMP 4.2.1 from http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net(download):

• For Red Hat 6.2, download ucd-snmp-4.2.1-2.rh62.i386.rpm

• For Red Hat 7.0, download ucd-snmp-4.2.1-1.rh7.0.i386.rpm

Note

By default, UCD-SNMP installs into the /usr/sbin directory.

2 Install UCD-SNMP 4.2.1 on your system. If installation of UCD-SNMP 4.2.1 RPM

requires openssl, you can download it at http://rpmfind.net.

When you insta ll the MI B Age nt, th e C oldF usion Se rver inst al latio n asks wheth er y ou want to replace the current snmpd.conf with a version of snmpd.conf that will make ColdFusion MIB information accessible.

If you answer Yes, the current copy of snmpd.conf in /etc/snmp is renamed to snmp.conf_original, and the ColdFusion version of snmpd.conf is inserted into /etc/ snmp. If you answer No, the snmpd.conf_macromedia file is placed into /etc/snmp. You must then merge the content from snmpd.conf_macromedia into snmpd.conf to make ColdFusion MIB information accessible.

After finishing the ColdF usi on Server installa tion, yo u must con figur e yo ur system to use MIB features. For more information, see “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page 51.

Important Network Considerations

Keep the following table important considerations in mind when configuring your network before a ColdFusion Server installation:

• ClusterCATS requires that you enable multicast on all network adapters. To enable multicast on an adapter, enter the following command:

ifconfig eth0 multicast

• In this example, the adapter is eth0; enter an appropriate adapter name for your configuration.

• In an optimal production environment, each ColdFusion Server application should be hosted on a dedicated server. A database, mail, or other server should not reside on the same server as ColdFusion Server.

• If you intend to install ClusterCATS, you must first prepare your server. For instructions, see “Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS” on page 135.

btcats exist. It attempts to cr e a te this group

groupadd. If you are using NIS or NIS+,

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Upgrading from a previous version

• Using the ClusterCATS Explorer or servers before upgrading them to ColdFusion Server 5. In addition, some ClusterCATS management operations usin g th e key. The license key is "GoColdFusion".

Warning

Before proceeding with the upgrade, backup your ColdFusion Server Web applications.

btcluadm, you must remove cluster member

btcluadm utility require a license

Verifying that a Web server is running

Before installing ColdFusion Server, ensure that your Web server is installed and running.

To check that your local Web server is running:

Enter the URL for a Web page or site from your local Web server in your browser’s Address field and press Enter.

For example, if the file myindex.htm is in your Web document root directory, load the page in your browser using the localhost URL:

http://127.0.0.1/myindex.htm

If your Web ser ver is not running, you will receive an error message.

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

To remove ColdFusion Server, use the remove utility t.

To uninstall ColdFusion Server:

1 Log in as root. 2 Enter the following command at the prompt:

/opt/coldfusion/uninstall/cfremove

ColdFusion Server is deleted from your server.

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Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux

This following procedure describes a ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition installation. Other editions’ procedure might differ.

By default, ColdFusion Server installs into the /opt directory. To install ColdFusion Server into a different directory, you must create that directory before running the installation.

1 Log in as root. 2 If you are installing from a CD-ROM, copy the gziped tar file, using the

coldfusion-50-linux.tar.gz command, to a directory on your local disk. Using

gunzip, uncompress the ColdFusion Server tar file with the following command: coldfusion-50-linux.tar.gz.

3 Untar the resulting tar file by entering the following command:

tar -xvf coldfusion-50-linux.tar

4Using the cd command, go to the resulting directory:

5 cd coldfusion-50-linux

6 Run the ColdFusion Server installation script by entering the following

command:

./cfinstall

The ColdFusion Server installation script starts.

7 Enter your ColdFusion license key and press Enter.

Note

You can find your ColdFusion Server license key on the product box and the CD-ROM packaging.

8 After entering the install directory for ColdFusion Server, the installation process

prompts you to enter the name of your Web server.

Note

If you entered Other or if you have a custom release of Apache, such as usr/local/ apache, see “Configuring Web servers manually” on page 48.

At the corresponding prompt, press Enter to let the installation script automatically configure your Web server. When prompted, enter the location of your httpd.conf file.

9 When prompted, enter the path of your Web server’s document root directory,

and select whether to install the ColdFusion Server documentation and the example applications.

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Warning

Because of potential security concerns, the ColdFusion Server team recommends that you not install the example applications in production environments.

10 After entering and confirming the passwords for the ColdFusion Administrator

and ColdFusion Studio, enter the login name under which ColdFusion Server runs.

11 For each option that y ou want to install, you ar e promp ted to enter y to ins tall the

ColdFusion Server options. Enter

y for each option to install.

The following table lists important installation option options and considerations for ColdFusion Enterprise Edition customers:.

Option Description

Reporting and Archive/ Deploy

Monitors, Alarms, and Load-Balancer Integration

Accessed through the ColdFusion Administrator, this option provides ColdFusio n applicati on reporting st atisti cs and the abili ty to archive and deploy ColdFusion applications.

ClusterCATS Provides software-based load-balancing and IP failover support

for ColdFusion Server. If you want the server on which you are installing ClusterCATS to be able to assume the IP address and HTTP traffic of a failed server in the cluster, enter y to configure this server with failover services. For more information, see

“Preparing Your Server for ClusterCATS” on page 135.

SNMP MIB Provides application information to third-party applications. You

must install SNMP on Linux before installing ColdFusion Server. For instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Red Hat” on page 41 and “Configuring S NMP MIB” on page 51.

12 Press Enter to begin the installation. When the installation is complete, a shell script restarts th e Web server and starts

ColdFusion Server services.

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ColdFusion Server processes

The ColdFusion Server installation creates the following processes in Linux:

Process Purpose

cfexec

cfserver

cfrdsservice

java

ipaliasd reqmgr ccmgr wsprobe

CANamingAdapter dfp

* Available in ColdFusion Server Enterprise only

Starts and stops the other processes and manages page scheduling.

The main ColdFusion Server service. ColdFusion pages cannot be processed if this service is not running.

Provides system support for the Administrator and security and debugging services for ColdFusion Studio,

Provides a runtime for the ColdFusion Server graphing and charting features and application management features.

Provides IP failover capability for ClusterCATS.* Processes ClusterCATS operations as root.* Creates processes to support ClusterCATS* Probes the application server for load and restarts

unresponsive We b servers * Controls the data store for application management features* Provides load-balancing information to LocalDirector*

Starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes

ColdFusion Server provides two scripts for starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes manually in Linux:

/opt/coldfusion/bin/start /opt/coldfusion/bin/stop

In addition, ColdFusion Application Manager provides two scripts for starting and stopping ClusterCATS and the Application Manager:

/opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-start /opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-stop

Note

To run the scripts, you must be logged in with root privileges.

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ColdFusion Server also provides the following scripts to start and stop ColdFusion Server during system startup and shutdown:

Script Function

/etc/rc.d/init.d/coldfusion /etc/rc1.d/K19coldfusion

Starts and stops ColdFusion Server. Stops ColdFusion Server during system

shutdown.

/etc/rc3.d/S90coldfusion /etc/rc4.d/S90coldfusion /etc/rc5.d/S90coldfusion /etc/rc.d/init.d/btccmgr start

Starts ColdFusion Server during system startup.

Starts ClusterCATS and application management proces se s.

/etc/rc.d/init.d/btccmgr restart

Stops ClusterCATS and application management proces se s.

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Configuring Your Installation

After installation, you may need to configure Linux to work with ColdFusion Server. This section addresses the following topics:

• Configuring Web servers manually

• Configuring SNMP MIB

• Configuring databases

Configuring Web servers manually

If you did not configure your Web server automatically duringColdFusion Server installation, you must manually configure the Web server. This section explains how to do this manually in Linux, for the following Web servers:

• Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

• Apache Web server

Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

The ColdFusion Server NSAPI plug-in has been tested with Netscape/iPlanet Enterprise Web Server 4.1 and the Netscape FastTrack Web Server 4.1. The installation script prompts you to configure either of these servers automatically.

The Netscape/iPlanet plug-in

Netscape/iPlanet plug-ins for ColdFusion Server are installed in the <installdir>/ coldfusion/webserve r/n sapi directory.

The following procedure assumes that you installed the Netscape/iPlanet server in /usr/netscape/server4 on the system named smurf.

To configure the Netscape/iPlanet plug-in:

1 Copy the plug-in to a directory named coldfusion in your server directories.

mkdir /usr/netscape/server4/plugins/coldfusion

cp /opt/coldfusion/webserver/nsapi/coldfusion35.so \ /usr/netscape/server4/plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so

2Edit the /usr/netscape/server4/https-smurf/config/mime.types file to add a

new ColdFusion Server type. Add the line:

type=magnus-internal/cold-fusion exts=exts=cfm,dbm,cfml,dbml

3Edit the /usr/netscape/server4/https-surf/config/obj.conf file to add new

service and init directives. Add all of the following on one line:

Init fn="load-modules" shlib="/usr/netscape/server4/

plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so" funcs="DoCFRequest"

4 Add the following line in the default Object:

Service fn="DoCFRequest" method="(GET|POST)"

type="magnus-internal/cold-fusion"

5 Stop and restart the Web server.

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Note

If you run the Netscape/iPlanet Server Manager, the browser-based Web server administrator, you may receive a warning about edits to Netscape configuration files. This is normal. To reload the new configuration files, follo w the in structions and click Apply.

If your server does not restart, check that the pathname for the plug-in you specified in the obj.conf file is correct for your installation and that it is on a single line.

Apache Web server

ColdFusion Server has been tested with Apache version 1.3.6. To download Apache, go to the Apache Web site at http://www.apache.org.

ColdFusion Server includes a precompiled binary module for Apache,

mod_coldfusion_so, that has been tested with Apache 1.3.6 - 1.3.19. Th is module

works with most versions of Apache, but if you must compile your own version of Apache, see the Apache Readme file at /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/readme.

Follo w th e a ppr o pria te p r oc edu r e, according to your Linux distrib ut io n, to c onfigure Red Hat and Apache and SuSE/Cobalt with Apache:

• To configure Red Hat and Apache:

• To configure SuSE/Cobalt and Apache:

To configure Red Hat and Apache:

1 Shut down Apache with the following command:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop

2 To check whether your version of Apache is built with EAPI, run this command:

httpd -V

If the output contains the line -D EAPI, you have an EAPI version of Apache.

3 Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf in a text editor.

a If you are not running an EAPI version of Apache, in the section

add this line:

LoadModule coldfusion_module /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/

mod_coldfusion_standard.so

If you are running an EAPI, add this line:

LoadModule coldfusion_module /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/

mod_coldfusion_EAPI.so

bIn the section AddModule, add this line:

AddModule mod_coldfusion.c

c Save the file.

4 Restart Apache with this command:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/./httpd start

LoadModule,

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To configure SuSE/Cobalt and Apache:

1 To check whether your version of Apache is built with EAPI, run this command:

httpd -V

If the output contains the line -D EAPI, you are running an EAPI server. (SuSE requires an EAPI version of mod.coldfusion.so.)

2 Shut down Apache with the following command:

/etc/rc.d/apache stop

3 Open the file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf in a text editor.

aIn the section

LoadModule mmap_static_module /usr/lib/apache/mod_mmap_static.so LoadModule setenvif_module /usr/lib/apache/mod_setenvif.so LoadModule coldfusion_module /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/

mod_coldfusion_EAPI.so

bIn the section AddModule, add the following lines:

ClearModuleList AddModule mod_mmap_static.c AddModule mod_vhost_alias.c AddModule mod_so.c AddModule mod_setenvif.c AddModule mod_coldfusion.c

c Save the file.

4 Create a symbolic link from the EAPI version of the ColdFusion Server module to

the /usr/lib/apache directory, to ensure that the EAPI module is ex ecutable:

chmod 755 /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/mod_coldfusion_EAPI.so

ln -s /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/mod_coldfusion_EAPI.so /

usr/lib/apache/mod_coldfusion.so

5 Open the file /etc/rc.d/apache in a text editor.

a Look for the following lines:

if ! test "$HTTPD_SEC_MOD_SAPCGI" == "no" ; then test -e /usr/lib/apache/mod_fastcgi_sap.so || \ test $(/usr/sbin/httpd -l | grep "mod_fastcgi_sap.c") =

"mod_fastcgi_sap.c" 2> /dev/null \ && MODULES="-D SAP_CGI $MODULES" && echo -n " SAP-fastcgi" fi

b Add these lines directly below the previous lines:

if ! test "$HTTPD_SEC_MOD_COLDFUSION" == "no" ; then

test -e /usr/lib/apache/mod_coldfusion.so && MODULES="-D

COLDFUSION $MODULES" && echo -n " Coldfusion" fi

6 Restart Apache with this command:

/etc/rc.d/apache start

LoadModule, add the following lines:

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Configuring SNMP MIB

To use the ColdFusion Server MIB features, you must configure the following settings.

To configure Red Hat to use the MIB Agent:

1 Stop the SNMP Server by entering the following command as root:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd stop

2 For each server that is to receive trap messages from the local host, add the

following line to /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf:

trapsink server1.macromedia.com public

where server1.macromedia.com is the name of the des tination server, and

public is the name of the community under which the trap messages are sent.

Ensure that the destination server, such as server1.macromedia.com, is configured to receive traps from the specified community, such as public.

Warning

Ensure that the following line does not appear in snmpd.conf more than once:

dlmod allaire /usr/lib/btcats/program/allaire_mib.so

3 Go to the Debug Options page of the ColdFusion Administrator, and ensure

Enable Performance Monitoring is selected.

4 Start the SNMP Server, enter the following command as root:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd start

Tip

You can find a copy of the MIB definition in /usr/lib/btcats/database/ lhmib_UNIX.mib.

Configuring the MIB Agent for HTTPS and non-default ports

To use HTTPS, a different Web server name, or a different port to access the Web document root for ColdFusion MIB information, modify the content of /usr/lib/ btcats/database/mib.properties file.

This file usually contains a single entry, such as name of the local host and ColdFusion MIB information. To use HTTPS, a different Web document root (maine1), and port (459), edit the entry to

Configuring databases

After the install is complete, but before you can set up data sources in the ColdFusion Administrator, you must edit the /opt/coldfusion/bin/start script to include information about whatever database(s) you use.

http://maine where maine is the

http://maine is the Web document root directory for the

https://maine1:459.

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Normally this requires two changes per database: setting a database-specific environment variable, and a dding the path to the client-side database libraries to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. The start script provides examples to help you.

After editing the start script, you must stop and restar t ColdFusion Server for the changes to take effect. Then, you can proceed to the ColdFusion Administrator to set up your data sources.

Note

For more information, see “Managing Data Sources” on page 109.

In Linux, you must us e c ertai n data base clie n ts in Li nu x. The following table lists the required clients for ColdFusion Server 5 in Linux:

• The Oracle ODBC database driver requires the Oracle Client version 8.1.6.1 or higher.

• Red Hat requires the following Sybase Open Client 11.9.2-3 components or later to use the Sybase native database driver:

− sybase-common-11.9.2-3.i386.rpm

− sybase-openclient-11.1.1-3.i386.rpm

What to Do Next 53

What to Do Next

Administration Tasks” on page 68.

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Chapter 4

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in HP-UX

This chapter explains how to install and configure ColdFusion Server in HP-UX.

Contents

• HP-UX System Requirements...................................................................................56

• Before You Begin the Installation.............................................................................57

• Installing ColdFusion Server in HP-UX...................................................................60

• Configuring Your Installation................................................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ..62

• What to Do Next........................................................................................................66

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HP-UX System Requirements

The following table contains the system requirements for the ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition:

ColdFusion

Requirement HP-UX Version

HP-UX 11.0 x

Hardware

Processor Minimum RAM 128 MB Recommended RAM 128 MB Free Hard Disk Space 120 MB CD-ROM Drive x

Web Server

iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise Server 3.51, 4.1 x Apache Server 1.3.x

* ColdFusion Server provides a precompiled module that is binary compat-

ing Web servers manually” on page 62.

Server Enterprise

PA-RISC 1.1 or 2.0

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Before You Begin the Installation

This section contains the following pre-installation instructions:

• Required operating system settings

• Upgrading from a pre viou s version

• Verifying that a Web server is running

• Mounting the installation CD-ROM

• Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Required operating system settings

The following list includes patches that must be installed, kernel settings that must be configured, and general issues to consider before installing ColdFusion Server 5:

• Ensure that you have the latest HP-UX 11.0 patch bundle installed. To download the latest patch bundle, go to http://www.hp.com.

• Configure your minimum kernel parameter settings as follows:

maxdsize 0x79000000 maxssize 0x8000000 maxtsize 0x8000000 maxfiles 1024 maxusers 64 (to indirectly boost NKTHREAD, used below) max_thread_proc (NKTHREAD-10)

• Note the Web server, Web root, and configuration file locations. They will be needed during the installation.

• Note the HP-UX username under which ColdFusion Server will run. It will be needed during the installation.

• Note where you want to install ColdFusion Server on your system (/opt is the default directory).

Upgrading from a previous version

The ColdFusion Server installation automatically upgrades previous versions of ColdFusion Server for HP-UX 11.0.

However, to continue to use VisiBroker for CORBA connections in ColdFusion Server 5, copy the libraries bundled with ColdFusion Server 4.5.1 into the appropriate directory. If you uninstall a previous release of ColdFusion Server before installing ColdFusion Server 5, these libraries are removed from your system. Before the uninstall, copy the libraries to a safe location.

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Warning

Before upgrading, backup your ColdFusion Server Web applications.

Verifying that a Web server is running

Before installing ColdFusion Server, ensure that the Web server is installed and running.

To check that your local Web server is running:

Enter the URL for a Web page or site from your local Web server in your browser’s Address field and press Enter.

For example, if the file myindex.htm is in your Web document root directory, load the page in your browser using the localhost URL:

http://127.0.0.1/myindex.htm

If your Web ser ver is not running, you will receive an error message.

Mounting the installation CD-ROM

To acco mmodate long filenames, ColdFusion Server 5 is written to the CD-ROM using the RockRidge format. This format is supported by HP-UX using the Portable File System (PFS) commands, not the standard HP-UX mount/umount commands. For more information on the PFS commands, enter man pfs_mount.

To mount the CD-ROM using the HP PFS commands:

1 Create a mount point for the CD. For example:

mkdir /SD_CDROM.

2 Create an entry in the PFS mount file.

a Create or edit the file /etc/pfs_fstab, adding an entry like the following:

/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /SD_CDROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0

The fields in this file have the following meanings:

<device_file> <mount_point> <fs_type> <translation_method>

b In your entry, ensure the path that you set in the device_file field is the device

name of your CD-ROM drive, and that your mount_point is the name that you selected for the mount point in step 1.

3 Start the PFS processes:

nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd & nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &

4Mount the CD:

/usr/sbin/pfs_mount /SD_CDROM

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The CD-ROM should be visible under /SD_CDROM. When you finish using the CD-ROM, you can unmount it using the following command:

/usr/sbin/pfs_umount /SD_CDROM

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Use the cfremove utility to remove an installed version of ColdFusion Server.

To uninstall ColdFusion Server:

1 Log in as root. 2 Run the following command:

/opt/coldfusion/uninstall/cfremove

ColdFusion Server is deleted from your server.

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Installing ColdFusion Server in HP-UX

The installation procedure assumes that you are installing from a CD-ROM. If you purchased and downloaded ColdFusion Server, place the tar.gz file into its own directory, and follow the install procedure below, substituting the location to which you downloaded ColdFusion Server for references to the CD-ROM.

The procedure below describes a ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition installation. Other editions’ procedures might differ.

By default, ColdFusion Server installs into the different directory, you must create that directory before running the installation.

1 Log in as root. 2 Mount the CD-ROM using the HP PFS extensions. For instructions, see

“Mounting the installation CD-ROM,” on page 58.

3 Copy the tar.gz file to a temporary location on your hard disk. Run gunzip on the

file, untar the resulting tar file, and change directory to the directory created by tar.

4 To start the installation process, enter cfinstall. 5 When prompted, enter the ColdFusion Server registration ID (license key).

Note

You can find your ColdFusion Server license key on the product box and the CD-ROM packaging.

/opt directory. To install into a

6 After entering the install directory for ColdFusion Server, the installation process

prompts you to enter the name of your Web server. At the corresponding prompt, enter

configure your Web server. If you use Apache, you must configure it manually. For more information, see “Configuring Web servers manually” on page 62. Enter the install home directory, the instance root directory, and document root directory for your Web server at the corresponding prompts.

7 Select whether to install the ColdFusion Server documentation and example

applications.

Warning

Because of potential security concerns, the ColdFusion Server team recommends that you not install the example applications in production environments.

8 After selecting whether to let ColdFusion Server start automatically at system

startup, enter and verify passwords for the ColdFusion Administrator and the Rapid Development System (RDS) for ColdFusion Studio.

9 Enter the username under which ColdFusion Server will run. 10 Press Enter to begin the installation.

y to let the installation script automatically

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When the installation is complete, the install program starts the ColdFusion Server services.

If you are running a version of the Netscape/iPlanet Web server, the install program also configures the Web server to run ColdFusion Server and restart the Web server automatically.

If you are running the Apache Web server, you mu st configure and restart the Web server manually before it will work with ColdFusion Server. Follow the instructions displayed by the ColdFusion Server installation script for configuring the Apache Web server, or see “Configuring Web servers manually” on page 62.

ColdFusion Server processes

The ColdFusion Server installation creates the following processes in HP-UX:

Process Purpose

cfexec cfserver

cfrdsservice

Starts/stops the other processes and manages page scheduling The main ColdFusion Serv er service. ColdFusion pages cannot be

processed if this service is not running. Provides system support for the Administrator and security and

debugging services for ColdFusion Studio

Starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes

ColdFusion Server provides two scripts for starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes manually in HP-UX:

/opt/coldfusion/bin/start /opt/coldfusion/bin/stop

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Configuring Your Installation

After installation, may have to configure HP-UX to work with ColdFusion Server. This section addresses the following topics:

• Configuring Web servers manually

• Configuring databases

Configuring Web servers manually

If you did not configure your Web server automatically during ColdFusion Server installation, you must configure it manually. This section explains how to do this in HP-UX, for these Web servers:

• Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

• Apache Web Server

Netscape/iPlanet Web Server

The ColdFusion Server NSAPI plug-in was tested with Netscape/i Pl anet Enterprise Web Server 3.5.1 and 4.1 and Netscape FastTrack Web Server 3.5.1 and 4.1. The installation script prompts you to configure either of these servers automatically.

The Netscape/iPlanet plug-in

Netscape/iPlanet plug-ins for ColdFusion Server are installed in the opt/coldfusion/ webserver/nsapi directory.

The following procedure assumes that you installed the Netscape/iPlanet server in /usr/netscape/server4 on the system named smurf.

To configure the Netscape/iPlanet plug-in:

1 Copy the plug-in to a directory named coldfusion in your server directories.

mkdir /usr/netscape/

cp /opt/coldfusion/webserver/nsapi/coldfusion35.so \ /usr/netscape/

2Edit the /usr/netscape/server4/https-smurf/config/mime.types file to add a

new ColdFusion Server type. Add the line:

type=magnus-internal/cold-fusion exts=cfm,dbm,cfml,dbml

3Edit the /usr/netscape/server4/https-surf/config/obj.conf file to add new

service and init directives. Add all of the following on one line:

Init fn="load-modules" shlib="/usr/netscape/server4/

plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so" funcs="DoCFRequest"

4 Add the following line in the default Object:

Service fn="DoCFRequest" method="(GET|POST)"

type="magnus-internal/cold-fusion"

5 Stop and restart the Web server.

server4/plugins/coldfusion

server4/plugins/coldfusion/coldfusion.so

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Note

If you run Netscape/iPlanet Server Manager, the browser-based administrator, you get a warning about edits to the Netscape configuration files. This is normal. To reload the new configuration files, follow the instructions and click Apply.

6 Verify that ColdFusion Server wo rks by following the procedure in “Configuring

Your Installation” on page 62.

If your server does not restart, ensure that the path name for the plug-in you specified in the obj.conf file is correct for your installation and that it is on a single line.

Apache Web Server

ColdFusion Server attaches to Apache using a dynamically-loaded shared library (DSO). To use ColdFusion Server with Apache, you must have a version of the ColdFusion DSO that matches the version of Apache you're running.

T o install and configure Apache:

1 Shut down Apache. 2 To check whether your version of Apache is built with EAPI, run the following

command:

httpd -V

If the output contains the line -D EAPI, you are running an EAPI version of Apache.

3 ColdFusion Server includes a version of the ColdFusion DSO that was built with

Apache 1.3.6 and that works with Apache 1.3.14. This version is located in /opt/ coldfusion/webserver/apache/mod_coldfusion.sl. If you use a version of Apache built with the Extended API ( EAPI), you must use the mod_coldfusion-EAPI.sl module.

Copy the appropriate module into the libexec subdirectory of your Apache installation.

Note

For more information, see the Readme file located in /opt/coldfusion/ webserver/apache.

4 For Apache to use the ColdFusion DSO, you must enable Apache DSO support.

To check whether DSO support is enabled, enter the following command from within the Apache bin directory:

httpd -l

If the output does not include a line containing something like mod_so.c, you must enable DSO support by running the

enable-module option included; for example: configure --enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite

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5 Open src/Makefile in a text editor.

a Find the following line:

LIBS1= -lcl -lm -lpthread

If it does not contain -lcl , add it. b Save the file.

6 After performing Steps 4 and 5, you must rebuild Apache and then re-install the

new configuration. For instructi o ns, see the Apache documentation.

7 Open the file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf in a text editor.

a If you are not running an EAPI version of Apache, in the section

LoadModule,

add the following line:

LoadModule coldfusion_module libexec/mod_coldfusion.sl

If you are running an EAPI, add the following line:

LoadModule coldfusion_module libexec/mod_coldfusion-EAPI.sl

bIn the section AddModule, add the following line:

AddModule mod_coldfusion.c

c Save the file.

8Restart Apache.

Configuring databases

After the install is completed, but before you can set up a data source in the ColdFusion A d m inistrator, you must edit th e include information about the database(s) you use.

Normally this requires two changes per database: setting a database-specific environment variable, and a dding the path to the client-side database libraries to your SHLIB_PATH environment variable. The start script provides examples to help you.

After editing the start script, you must stop and restar t ColdFusion Server for the changes to take effect. After that finishes, proceed to the ColdFusion Administrator to set up your data sources.

Note

For more information, see “Managing Data Sources” on page 109.

/opt/coldfusion/bin/start script to

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The following table includes important database compatibility information for ColdFusion Server 5 in HP-UX:

Database ODBC Native

Oracle 8 Yes (Tested using Oracle 8.04

and 8.16 clients)

Oracle 7 No (Oracle client software

unavailable on HP-UX 11.0)

Sybase 11 Yes (Tested using Sybase 11.1.1

client. Clientless driver available.)

Informix 7and 9 Yes (Tested Informix 9 and with

2.40 client. Clientless driver available for Informix9.)

IBM DB2 No (ODBC driver unavailable in

HP-UX 11.0)

Microsoft SQL Server

dBase/FoxPro Yes (Simple "flat file" DB. No

OpenIngress No (ODBC driver unavailable in

Text Yes (Comma-separated field text) Not Applicable

Yes (Tested connecting to MS SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0 DBs. Wire protocol, no client required.)

client library required.)

HP-UX 11.0)

Yes (Tested using Oracle 8.04 and 8.16 clients)

No (Oracle client software unavailable on HP-UX 11.0.)

(Tested using Sybase

Yes 1 1.1 .1 cli en t.)

Y es (Tested Informix 9 an d with

2.40 client. Cannot be used simultaneously with ODBC connections.)

Yes (Tested using 6.1 client. Cannot be used sim ultaneously with ODBC connections.)

No (No native client libraries available on HP-UX 11.0)

No (ODBC-access only)

Not Applicable

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What to Do Next

Administration Tasks” on page 68.

Chapter 5

Basic ColdFusion Server Administration

Structured according to ColdFusion Administrator categories, this chapter explains basic ColdFusion Server administration tasks.

Contents

• Initial Administration Tasks .....................................................................................68

• The ColdFusion Administrator ................................................................................69

• Server Settings...........................................................................................................70

• Caching......................................................................................................................71

• Client Variables..........................................................................................................72

• Memory Variables .....................................................................................................76

• Locking.......................................................................................................................77

• Mappings...................................................................................................................79

• Mail/Mail Logging..................................................... ....... .........................................80

• Data Sources..............................................................................................................82

• Verity Collections ......................................................................................................83

• Debug Settings...........................................................................................................88

• Automated Tasks .......................................................................................................90

• Extensions..................................................................................................................93

• Security ......................................................................................................................99

• Basic Security...........................................................................................................100

• Tools .........................................................................................................................102

• Logs and Statistics...................................................................................................103

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Initial Administration Tasks

Immediately after installing ColdFusion Server, you may have to perform some or all of the administrative tasks described in the following table:

Task Description

Establish database connections

Specify direct ory mappings

Configure debug options

Set up e-mail E-mail lets ColdFusion Server and ColdFusion applications send

Change passwords

Configure Java settings

Restrict tag access

ColdFusion applications require data source connections to query and write to databases. To create, verify, modify, and delete database connections, use the Data Sources pages in the Administrator.

For more information, see “Managing Data Sources ” on page 109. Directory mappings redirect relative file paths to physical

directories on y ou r s erv er. T o sp ec ify server-wide direc tory aliases, use the Mappings page in the Administrator.

For more information, see “Mappings” on page 79. Debug information provides important data about CFML page

processing. To choose what debug information to display and to designate an IP address(es) to receive debug information, use the Debug Settings pages of the Admini str ator.

For more information, see “Debug Settings” on page 88.

automated mail messages. To configure an email server and mail options, use the Mail/M ail Logging page of the Administrator.

For more information, see “Mail/Mail Logging” on page 80. You may have to change the passwords that you set for the

ColdFusion Administrator and ColdFusion Studio during the ColdFusion Server installation. To change passwords, use the Basic Security pages of the Administrator.

For more information, see “CF Admin Password” on page 100 and

“CF Studio Password” on page 101.

Java and Java applets require configuring Java settings, such as JVM paths. To change Java settings, use the JVM and Java Settings page of the Administrator.

For more information, see “Extensions” on page 93. Some CFML tags may present a potential security risk for your

server. To disable certain tags and tag attributes system-wide, use the Tag Restrictions page of the Administrator.

For more information, see “Tag Re strictions” on page 100.

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The ColdFusion Administrator

You use the Administrator to pe rfo rm adm i nis trative tasks for the ColdFusion S erver, such as adding and configuring a data source, or scheduling application page execution, and configuring security settings. During the ColdFusion Server installation process, you specify an Administrator password that is used to prevent unauthorized access to the Administrator pages.

To open the ColdFusion Administrator:

• In Windows, select Start > Program Files > ColdFusion Server 5 > ColdFusion Administrator

• In any operating system, open the administrator by entering http://hostname/ CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm in a Web browser where hostname is the name of the server hosting ColdFusion Server.

Note

The URL path is case-sensitive on Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX.

Accessing the Administrator remotely

To access ColdFusion Administrator pages remotely, enter http://hostname/CFIDE/ administrator/index.cfm in a Web browser, where hostname is the system on which ColdFusion Server is installed.

If you use C o ldF u sion A dm i nis t r at or s ec u rity, you are prompted to enter a passw ord. If your Web server provides security, access to the Administrator pages is governed by the Web server’s permissions.

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Server Settings

The Server Settings page of the Administrator contains configuration options you can set or enable to manage ColdFusion Server. They can significantly affect server performance. Us e the following table to learn more about the option:

Option Description

Limit simultaneo us requests*

Timeout requests after [n] seconds

Restart at [n] unresponsive requests

Restart when requests terminate abnormally

Suppress whitespace by default*

Enforce strict attribute validation

Missing Template Handler

Site-wide Error Handler

* Restart ColdFusion Server after making a change to this option.

Enter a number to limit simult aneous re quest s to the Col dFusion Server. When the server reaches the limit, requests are queued and handled in the order received. Limiting the number of simultaneous requests can improve performance.

Enable this option to prevent unusually lengthy requests from using up server resources. Enter a limit to the time that ColdFusion Server wai ts b efore terminat ing a re quest. Requ ests that take longer than the timeout period are terminated.

Enable this option if you want the ColdFusion Server to track requests that execute code but fail to return in a timely fashion. Enter the number o f un res pon si ve requests at whi ch the s ervic e is restarted. The service restarts within the time specified in Timeout Request above.

Enable this option if you want ColdFusion Server to track requests that incur "unexpected exception" abnormal termination condi tions. The service rest art s if abnormal request s begin to occur on a regular basis.

Enable this option to compress runs of spaces, tabs and carriage return/line feeds. Compressing whitespace can significantly compact the output of a CFML template.

Enable this option if you want ColdFusion Server to enforce strict attribute validation rules. Extraneous attributes are not allowed for CFML tags. If this option is not enabled, irrelevant attributes may be passed to CFML tags. Strict attribute validation improve s te mp late execution time and p r ev ents many CFML coding errors.

Specify a template to execute when ColdFusion Server cannot find a requested template.

Specify a template to execute when ColdFusion Server encounters an error while processing a request.

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Caching

The Caching Settings pa ge of the Administrator contains configuration options that you can set or enable to cache templates, queries, and data sources

significantly affect server performance. Use the following table to learn more about the options:

Option Description

Template cache size: [n] kilobytes

Trusted cache Enable this option if you want ColdFusio n Server to u se cache d

Limit cached database connection inactive time to [n] minutes

Limit the maximum number of cached queries on the server to [n] queries

Enable this option to limit the memory reserved for template caching. For best performance, set the value to the total number of kilobytes of all your active ColdFusion pages.

templates without checking whether they changed. For templates that are not updated frequently, using this option minimizes file system ove r he ad.

Enable this option by entering a value to limit the time that ColdFusion Server allows a cached database connection to remain inactive before disconnecting. Enter 0 if inactive connections should be maintained as long as ColdFusion Server is executing. If the option to maintain database connections is not enable d in the Edit Data Source page for an individual data source, the option is ignored. For more information, see “Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion” on

page 115.

Enable this option by entering a value to limit the maximum number of cached queries that the server maintains. Cached queries allow retrieval of result sets from memory rather than through a database transaction. Because queries reside in memory, and query res ult set sizes differ, you must provide a limit for the number of cached queries.

. They can

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Client Variables

Client variables let you perform tasks like determining the IP address of a site visitor’s Web browser. Using informatio n from client variables, you can customize page content for individual users.

You enable client variable default settings in ColdFusion Server on the Client Variables page of the Administrator. ColdFusion Server lets you store client variables in these ways:

• The operating system registry

• As cookies in users’ Web browsers

• In a data source.

Note

Y o u can override settings specified in the Client Variables page using the attributes of the cfapplication tag. For more information, see the Developing ColdFusion Applications book.

The following table co mpares these storage options:

Storage Type Advantage Disadvantage

System regi stry • Simple implementation

• Good performance

• Regis try can be expo rted

easily to other systems

• Server-side control

Browser cookies • Simple implementation

• Good performance

• Can be set to expire

automatically

• Client-side control

Data source • Can use existing data

source

• Portable: not tied to the host system or operating system

• Possible restriction of the registry’s maximum size limit on Windows NT and WIndows 2000 in the Control Panel

• Integrated with the host system: not practical for clustered serve rs

• Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX registries are text files. Their registries deliver slow performance and low scalability.

• Users can configure browsers to disallow cookies

• ColdFusion Server limits a cookie’s data to 4 KB

• Netscape Navigator allows only 20 cookies from one host; ColdFusion Server uses three cookies to store read-only data, leaving only 17 cookies available

• Requires database transaction to read/write variables

• More complex to implement

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Note

If you use the registry to store client variables, ensure that enough memory is allocated for it.

To enable client variable storage in the registry as the default:

1 In the Client Variables page, select Registry. Click Apply. 2 T o display a page in which to enable the automatic deletion of variables that have

not been used for a specified number of days, click Registry. Click Submit Changes.

To enable client variable storage in cookies as the default:

In the Client Variables page, select Cookie. Click Submit Changes.

T o enable client variable storage in a data source as the default:

1 In the Client Variable page, select a data source in the drop-down list. 2 Click Add Client Variable Storage. The Add/Edit Client Store page for your data

source display s.

3 On the Add/Edit Client Store page, select options for the data source, as

described in the following table. If you do not want to make changes, return to the Client Variables screen using one of the arrows on the page.

Option Description

Purge data for clients that remain unvisited for [n] days

Disable global client variable updates

Create Client database tables

4Click Submit Changes.

Enable this option to periodically purge client data that has not been accessed in a specified number of days, and enter a number.

Enable this option to prevent ColdFusion Server from updating client variables for every page request. When updates are disabled, ColdFusion Server only updates global client variables when they are created and when they are cha nge d. Disabling updates helps improve the performance of application pages.

Enable this option only when you configure a data source for client variable storage the first time. ColdFusion Server creates the tables necessary for client variables. If the data source has already been configured, disable this option. Otherwise, ColdFusion Server generates an SQL error because it tries to create tables that already exist.

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Note

If a cluster of ColdFusion Servers uses this data source, ensure that only one server is configured to purge client data.

Migrating Client Variable Data

To migrate your client variable data to another data source, you should know the structure of the database tables used to store this information. Client variables stored externally use two small database tables, like those shown in the following tables:

CGLOBAL Table Column Data Type

cfid char(64) data memo lvisit date

CDATA Table Column Data Type

cfid char(64) app char(64) data memo

Creating client variabl e tables

Use this example ColdFusion page as a model for creating client variable database tables in your own database. However, keep in mind that not all databases support the same column data type names. Refer to your database documentation for the proper data type.

Sample table creation page

<CFQUERY NAME="data1" DATASOURCE="#DSN#"> CREATE TABLE CDATA ( cfid char(20), app char(64), data memo ) </CFQUERY>

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CREATE UNIQUE INDEX id1 ON CDATA (cfid,app)

</CFQUERY>

<CFQUERY NAME="global1" DATASOURCE="#DSN#"> CREATE TABLE CGLOBAL ( cfid char(20), data memo,

lvisit date ) </CFQUERY>

CREATE INDEX id2

ON CGLOBAL (cfid) </CFQUERY>

CREATE INDEX id3

ON CGLOBAL (lvisit) </CFQUERY>

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Memory Variables

You use the Memory Variables page of the Co ldFusion Administrator to enable application and session variables server-wide. By default, application and session variables are enabled when you install ColdFusion Server. If you disable either type of variable in the Memory Variables page, you cannot use them in a ColdFusion application.

You can specify maximum and default timeout values for session and application variables. Unless you define a timeout value in Application.cfm, application variables expire when you restart ColdFusion Server. Session variables expire when user sessions end. To change these behaviors, enter default and maximum timeout values.

Note

Timeout va lue s th a t y o u spe cify f or appli cat io n v a riab les override the timeout values set in Application.cfm.

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Locking

You use the Locking page of the ColdFusion Administrator to configure automatic mechanisms to protect shared data from incorrect access and corruption. In addition, the data scope variables, including server, application, and session scopes. For more information on the

Single threaded sessions

Single threading means that requests from a session occur sequentially. Each request from the same session waits for previous requests to finish before proceeding, thereby preventing multiple requests from simultaneously accessing shared data. This option is disabled at installation.

Because session requests occur sequentially, single threaded sessions are useful if you do not want to lock session scope variables with the time, if you use frames in your ColdFusion application, each pane loads consecutively. When single threaded sessions is enabled in the Administrator, you do not need to the use the

In addition, single threaded sessions can prove valuable to debugging a ColdFusion application. If the application error goes away when single threaded sessions is enabled. you likely have an unlocked session scope variable.

cflock tag provides granular control of simultaneous access to shared

cflock tag, see Developing ColdFusion Applications

cflock tag. At the same

cflock tag for session scope var iables.

Variable scope locking settings

Specify variable scope lock settings by clicking an option. Scope (server, application and session) settings are described in the following table:

Option Description

No automatic checking or locking

Full checking ColdFusion Server checks shared variable scope access

Automatic read locking

No automatic che ck in g o r lo ck in g occurs. The develope r m us t protect variables with the cflock tag. If variables are not locked, data corruption may result, and server instability may occur.

automatically to e nsure that i t is properly locke d. If a dat a read or write occurs outside the scope of a displays.

ColdFusion Server checks whether shared variable scope writes are locked and automatically locks shared variable scope reads. If Cold Fusion Ser ver encou nters share d variable scope writes that are not locked, an error displays.

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Note

Apply full checking and automatic read locking only to applications that use the scope attribute, not the name attribute, of the

cflock tag to specify locks. If you

specify the name attribute with full checking enabled, ColdFusion Serv er res ponds with an error on a variable accessed within the scope of a

cflock tag scope. If you

specify the name attribute with automat ic read locking enabled, ColdFusion Server responds with errors for writes, and possibly a deadlock for reads.

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Mappings

You use the Mappings page of the ColdFusion Administrator to add, update, and delete logical aliases for paths to directories on your server and to change the root "/" mapping. This alias usually points to the Web root.

ColdFusion mappings apply only to pages processed by the ColdFusion Server with

cfinclude and cfmodule tags. If you save CFML pages outside of the Web root

the (or whatever directory is mapped to "/"), you must add a mapping to the loc ation of those files on your server.

For example, le t ’s assume that the "/" mapping on your server points to c:\wwwroot, but all CFML pages ass ociated w ith you r onli ne stor e r e side i n e:\stor e . For the CFML pages that sit in the c:\wwwroot, you want to reference the online store pages using / store in your cfinclude and cfmodule tags. In order for ColdFusion Server to find those pages, you must add a mapping for /store that points to e:\store.

To add a mapping:

1 In the Logical Path text box, enter an alias to assign to a directory, such as /store. 2 In the Directory Path text box, enter the directory for which to create an alias,

such as e:\store. To locate the directory name, click Browse Server or enter the

directory name. 3Click Add Mapping. The Active ColdFusion Mappings table shows the new mapping.

To update a mapping:

1 In the Active ColdFusion Mappings table, click a logical or directory path. 2 To update a logical or directory path, edit the information in the appropriate

field, then click Update Mappin g. The Active ColdFusion Mappings table shows the updated mapping and the original

mapping.

To delete a mapping:

In the Active ColdFusion Mappings table, select a mapping to delete. Click Delete Mapping. The mapping disappears immediately.

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Mail/Mail Logging

You use the ColdFusion Administrator Mail page of the ColdFusion Administrator to specify a mail server to send automated e-mai l messages. ColdFusion Server supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) for sending e-mail and the Post Office Protocol (POP) for retrieving e-mail from your mail server. To use e-mail messaging in your C oldFu sion ap plicati ons, y ou must have acc ess to an SM TP server and/or a POP account.

The ColdFusion implementation of SMTP mail uses a spooled architecture. This means that when a generated may not be sent immediately. If ColdFusion is extremely busy or has a large queue, delivery could occur after some delay.

Note

For more information about the Applications book.

To configure a mail server:

1 On the ColdFusion Administrator Mail page, enter a mail server for sending

dynamic SMTP mail messages. You can enter an Internet address, such as

mail.company.com, or the IP address of a mail server, such as 127.0.0.1. 2 To cause ColdFusion Server to verify the connection to the mail server, select

Verify Mail Server Connection. If the connection fails, you receive an error

message. 3 In the Server Port text box, enter the mail server port number. The default value

(25) is usually correct. If you are unsure of the appropriate port number, contact

your server administrator. 4 In the Spool Interval text box, enter the interval, in seconds, at which you want

the mail server to process spooled mail. 5 In the Connection Timeout box, enter the number of seconds ColdFusion Server

waits for a response from the mail server. 6Click Submit Changes.

cfmail tag is processed in an application page, the messages

cfmail tag, see the Developing ColdFusion

Tip

Send a test e-mail message to verify that the e-mail server is working, regardless

of whether you enable the Verify Mail Server Connection option.

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Mail Logging

Select preferences for handling mail logs, as described in the following table:

Setting Description

Error Log Severity From the drop-down list box, sele ct the ty pe of SMT P-related

error message to write t o a log file. T he opt ions are: Warning, Information, and Erro r.

Log all e-mail messages sent by ColdFusion

ColdFusion Server writes sent mail and mail error logs to the file:

• \cfusion\Log, in Windows

• \opt\coldfusion\log, in Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX

The following table describes the e-mail log files:

Log Description

mailsent.log Records sent e-mail mail.log Recor ds general e-mail errors

To have the content of all e-mail messages that ColdFusion Server generates written to a log file, enable this option.

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Data Sources

The Data Sources section of the Administrator is the interface between you, ColdFusion Server, databases, and Verity search and indexing features. The following table describes some common tasks that you can perform in the Data Sources sectionof the Administrator:

Task Description

Create and manage ODBC data sources

Create and manage native data sources

Create and maintain Verity collections

The ODBC Data Sources page lets you establish, modify, and delete ODBC data source connections for ColdFusion Server. For more information, see “Managing Data Sources” on page

109.

The Native Data Sources page lets you establish, modify, and delete native data source connections for ColdFusion Server. For more information, see the Ad vanced ColdFusion

Administration book.

The Verity Collections page lets you create and delete Verity collections and perform maintenance operations on collections that you create. For more information, see “Verity Collections”

on page 83.

The Verity K2 Server page lets you register a K2 Server to use with ColdFusion Server. For more information, see the Advanced ColdFusion Administration book.

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Verity Collections

The Verity Development Kit (VDK) provides indexing and searching technology to create, populate, and manage collections of indexed data that are optimized for fast and efficient site searches. It is available on the Verity Collections page.

A collection is a logic al gr ou p of documents and metadata about the do cume nts . The metadata includes word indexes, an internal documents table of document field information, and logical pointers to the document files.

To use Verity searching in ColdFusion applications, you must:

1 Create a Verity collection. 2 Populate a collection with data. 3 Build searching and indexing capability, using the

into your ColdFusion application.

To create a collection:

1 On the Verity Collection page, in the Name Field, enter a name for your

collection. The name can consist of multiple words and spaces. 2 In the Path field, specify a path for the collection files. 3 From the drop-down Language list box, select a language for the collection. 4Click an option:

cfindex and cfsearch tags,

Option Description

Create New Collection

Map Existing Collection

5Click Submit Changes. When you add the first Verity collection, buttons for managing Verity collections

display along the bottom of the ta ble. F or ins tructions ab out using the se buttons , see

“Managing collections” on page 84.

Note

Mapped collections are sometimes confused with external collections. An external collection is created with a tool other than ColdFusion Server, such as the Verity command line tool Server so that it can identify the collection and its directory structure.

Generates a ne w collection

Connects a new m app ing to a col lec ti on tha t was c reated outside ColdFusion Server or copied from another ColdFusion Server. After the collection is referenced on this page, ColdFusion searching and indexing tags can reference it.

mkvdk. External collections are then associated with ColdFusion

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To populate a collection:

1 On the Verity Collections page, in the Connected Verity Collections table, select a

collection to populate. 2 Click Index. The ColdFusion Administrator page displays with the selected

collection name at the top. 3 Review the extensions in the File Extensions field. If necessary, add, edit, or

remove extensions for files in the collection. 4 In the Directory Path field, enter the path to the directory to index. 5 To include subdirectories of the directory, select Recursively Index Sub

Directories. 6 In the Return URL field, enter a URL to which to return documents found in the

search of this collection, such as http://localhost/cfdocs. 7 From the Language drop-down list, select the langua ge of the documents.

Note

By default, the Verity English Language Pack installs with ColdFusion Server. To

select another language, install the corresponding Verity Language Pack. The

Verity Language Packs are included on the ColdFusion Server CD-ROM.

8Click Submit Changes. ColdFusion Server populates the collection with data from the specified directory.

Building searching and indexing capabilities

For more information about building search interfaces, see the chapters about the

cfindex, cfsearch, cfcollection tags in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

book. For faster searching, establish a Verity Server link in the Administrator to take

advantage of the Verity K2 Server. This server caches collection information so that data is retrieved more quickly when searches are run with the Server delivers rapid search results in a highly efficient and scalable architecture.

For more information on using the VDK and K2 Server with ColdFusion Server, see the Advanced ColdFusion Administration book.

Managing collections

You can repair, optimiz e, purge, or delete Verity collections that are connected t o the ColdFusion Server. To manage collections, use the buttons along the bottom of the Connected Verity Collections table.

cfsearch tag. The K2

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Note

Before performing management operations, ensure that the K2 Server is not using the collections. For more information, see the K2 Server documentation in Advanced ColdFusion Administration book.

The following table describes the optio ns:

Option Description

Repair Re-indexes a collection to fix broken links and update indexes Optimize Reclaims space left by deleted and changed files by consolidating

collection indexes for faster searching. Optimize collections regularly

Purge Deletes all documents in a collection , but not the collectio n it self. Leav es

the collect ion directory structure intact

Delete Deletes a collection

To repair a collection:

1 On the Verity Collections page, select a collection from the Connected Verity

Collections table. 2 Click Repair. A message warns you not to work on the collection during the r epair

process, which can occur over several minutes. 3Click OK. When you repair a collection, a confirmation statement displays above the table.

To optimize a collection:

1 On the Verity Collections page, select a collection from the Connected Verity

Collections table. 2 Click Optimize. A message prompts you to verify the process, which can occur

over several minutes. 3Click OK. When the optimization is complete, a confirmation statement displays above the

table.

To purge a collection:

1 On the Verity Collections page, select a collection from the Connected Verity

Collections table. 2 Click Purge. A verification message warns you that purging of data cannot be

undone. 3 Click OK. When the purge is complete, a confirmation statement displa ys above the table.

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To delete a collection:

1 On the Verity Collections page, select a collection from the Connected Verity

Collections table. 2 Click Delete. A verification message displays warns you that deleting a collection

cannot be undone. 3Click OK. When the delete is complete, a confirmation statement displays above the table.

Verity supported file types

The ColdFusion VDK implementation supports the document types listed below:

Document Type Format or Program Version

Te xt HTML, CFML, DBM, SGML,

XML, ANSI, ASCII, Plain Text

Word processing Adobe Acrobat (PDF)* All

Applix Words 4.2 Lotus AMI Pro 2.3 Lotus AMI Pro Write Plus All Lotus Word Pro 96, 97 Microsoft Rich Text Format

(RTF) Microsoft Word for Windows 2, 6, 95, 97, 2000 Microsoft Word for DOS 4, 5, 6 Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4, 5, 6 Microsoft Works All Microsoft Write All WordPerfect 5.x, 6, 7, 8 WordPerfect for Macintosh 2, 3 XYWrite 4.12 Unicode Not Applicable

Spreadsheet Applix Spreadsheets 4.2, 4.4

Corel QuattroPro 7, 8 Lotus 1-2-3 2, 3, 4, 5, 96, 97 Microsoft Excel 3, 4, 5, 96, 97, 2000 Microsoft Works All

* Not Supported in Linux.

Not applicable

1.x, 2.0

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Document Type Format or Program Version

Presentation Corel Presentations 7.0, 8.0

Lotus Freelance 96, 97 Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0, 95, 97, 2000

* Not Supported in Linux.

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Debug Settings

You use the Debug Setting and Debugging IPs pages of the Administrator to configure ColdFusion Server to pro vide debugging informa tion for every applic at io n page requested by a browser. You specify debugging preferences using these pages:

• On the Debugging Options page, select debugging output options. If debugging is enabled, the output appears in block format after normal page output.

• On the Debugging IPs page, restrict access to debugging output. If a debugging option is enabled, debugging output is visible to all users by default.

Debug Options

The Debugging Options page provides these debug options:

Option Description

Enable Performance Monitoring* The standard N T Performanc e Monitor ap plicatio n

displays information about a running ColdFusion Server. On platforms that do not support the NT Performance Monitor, a command line utility,

cfstat, displays the same information.

Enable CFML Stack Trace Displays the CFM L tag s that w ere executi ng at the

time of the exception.

Show V ari abl es Displays the nam es and values of CGI, U RL, form

and cookie va riables.

Show Total Processing Time Displays the average time, in milliseconds, that it

takes to process a page request.

Show Detailed Processing Time Breakdown*

Show SQL and Data Source Name

Show Query Information Displays the number of records, processing time,

Display the Template Path in Error Messages

* Restart ColdFusion Server in Windows after selecting this option.

Displays the time, in milliseconds, that it takes to process each page.

Displays the data source name and the SQL statement in database query error messages.

and SQL statement for each query executed. Displays the file name of a template. The name is

useful in debugging. However, use of this option can pose a security hazard because it displays information about a server’s file structure.

Macromedia COLDFUSION 5 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Welcome to ColdFusion Server

Intended Audience

New Features

Developer Resources

About ColdFusion Documentation

Printed and online documentation set

Viewing online documentation

Getting Answers

Contacting Macromedia

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Windows

Windows System Requirements

Before You Begin the Installation

Required operating system updates

Installing SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server

Important Network Considerations

Upgrading from a previous version

Verifying that a Web server is running

Removing, modifying, repairing, or updating ColdFusion Server 5

Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows

ColdFusion Server services

Configuring Your Installation

Configuring Web servers manually

Configuring SNMP MIB

Changing the ColdFusion Server user account

What to Do Next

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Solaris

Solaris System Requirements

Before You Begin the Installation

Required operating system patches

Installing SNMP in Solaris

Important Network Considerations

Upgrading from a previous version

Verifying that a Web server is running

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Installing ColdFusion Server in Solaris

ColdFusion Server Processes

Configuring Your Installation

Configuring Web servers manually

Configuring SNMP MIB

Configuring databases

What to Do Next

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in Linux

Linux System Requirements

Before You Begin the Installation

Required operating system patches

Installing SNMP in Red Hat

Important Network Considerations

Upgrading from a previous version

Verifying that a Web server is running

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux

ColdFusion Server processes

Configuring Your Installation

Configuring Web servers manually

Configuring SNMP MIB

Configuring databases

What to Do Next

Inst alling ColdFusion Server in HP-UX

HP-UX System Requirements

Before You Begin the Installation

Required operating system settings

Upgrading from a previous version

Verifying that a Web server is running

Mounting the installation CD-ROM

Uninstalling ColdFusion Server 5

Installing ColdFusion Server in HP-UX

ColdFusion Server processes

Configuring Your Installation

Configuring Web servers manually

Configuring databases

What to Do Next

Basic ColdFusion Server Administration

Initial Administration Tasks

The ColdFusion Administrator

Accessing the Administrator remotely