Adobe 38043740 - ColdFusion Standard - Mac User Manual page 84

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Configuring Your System
For more information on the Web Server Configuration Tool, including information on multihoming and
distributed usage, see Configuring and Administering ColdFusion.
Note: If you cannot verify your configuration, repeat the procedure. If the problem persists, contact Adobe Technical
Support for assistance, or manually create the element that you cannot verify in the configuration (for example,
manually add an entry to the Apache httpd.conf file, as described in this section).
Configuring web servers in Windows
Configuring web servers in UNIX
Configuring web servers in Windows
You configure web servers in Windows by doing the following:
Configuring IIS in Windows
Configuring SunONE Web Server or iPlanet web server in Windows
Configuring Apache web server in Windows
Configuring IIS in Windows
You configure IIS using the Web Server Configuration Tool in GUI or command-line mode. This discussion
describes how to use GUI mode.
(Server configuration only) To use the command line, open the batch files located in cf_root\bin\connectors.
For more information, see the Web Server Management chapter in Configuring and Administering ColdFusion.
Configure IIS for ColdFusion in Windows
Start the Web Server Configuration Tool by selecting Start > Programs > Adobe > ColdFusion 8 > Web Server
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Configuration Tool.
Click Add.
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In the Server pop-up menu, select the host name and the server or cluster name to configure. In the ColdFusion
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server configuration, the server name is always coldfusion. Clustering support is not available on the server
configuration.
Note: The server or cluster does not have to reside on the web server computer.
In the Web Server Properties area, select IIS and specify the website. For IIS, you typically specify All.
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Select the Configure web server for ColdFusion applications option, and click OK.
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