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Configuring Your Installation
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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.
To install and configure Apache:
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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.
Verify that ColdFusion Server works by following the procedure in
Your Installation" on page
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.
Shut down Apache.
To check whether your version of Apache is built with EAPI, run the following
command:
httpd -V
If the output contains the line
Apache.
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.
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
must enable DSO support by running the
option included; for example:
enable-module
configure --enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite
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