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Uninstalling ColdFusion.........................................................................................................16
Configuring Web servers for Solaris.......................................................................................16
Using scripts to start and stop ColdFusion manually ..........................................................22
Installing ColdFusion on Linux .....................................................................................................23
Installing ColdFusion..............................................................................................................23
Uninstalling ColdFusion.........................................................................................................25
Chapter 2: Introduction to ColdFusion Server.............................................27
Overview of Administering ColdFusion ........................................................................................28
Accessing the Administrator...................................................................................................28
Initial ColdFusion administration tasks ................................................................................29
Summary of Administrative Tasks.................................................................................................29
The ColdFusion Administrator ......................................................................................................30
ColdFusion Services on Windows NT ...........................................................................................32
ColdFusion Processes on Solaris ...................................................................................................33
Starting and Stopping ColdFusion ................................................................................................33
Windows NT ............................................................................................................................34
Solaris .......................................................................................................................................34
Windows 95 and Windows 98.................................................................................................34
Stopping ColdFusion ..............................................................................................................35
Chapter 3: Configuring ColdFusion Server ..................................................37
The ColdFusion Administrator ......................................................................................................39
Accessing the Administrator remotely ..................................................................................39
Starting and Stopping ColdFusion ................................................................................................41
Using batch files to start and stop ColdFusion (Windows)..................................................41
Using scripts to start and stop ColdFusion (Solaris) ............................................................42
The Server Settings Page ................................................................................................................42
Caching Settings .............................................................................................................................44
Configuring Administrator Security ..............................................................................................44
Managing Client Variables .............................................................................................................45
Planning client state management ........................................................................................45
State Management and Server Clustering ....................................................................................48
Configuring a data source in a clustering environment ......................................................48
Enabling External Client State Management................................................................................48
Client variable storage options ..............................................................................................49
Purge client variables ..............................................................................................................49
Disable global client variable updates...................................................................................49
Create client variable data source tables...............................................................................50
Migrating Client Variable Data ......................................................................................................50
Creating client variable tables................................................................................................50
Sample table creation page ....................................................................................................51
Enabling Application and Session Variables ................................................................................51
Specifying timeouts.................................................................................................................51
Monitoring ColdFusion Performance ...........................................................................................52
ColdFusion counters available...............................................................................................52
Locking Variables............................................................................................................................53
Administering ColdFusion Server