Chapter 2: Basic Coldfusion Mx Administration; Initial Administration Tasks - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61 - CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION MX Manual

This chapter explains the basic ColdFusion MX administration tasks, following the structure of
the ColdFusion MX Administrator sections.
Contents
Initial administration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server Settings section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Data & Services section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Debugging & Logging section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Extensions section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Custom Extensions section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Initial administration tasks

Immediately after installing ColdFusion MX, you might have to perform some or all of the
administrative tasks described in the following table:
Task
Establish database
connections
Specify directory
mappings
Configure debugging
settings
Basic ColdFusion MX Administration
Description
ColdFusion applications require data source connections to query and
write to databases. To create, verify, edit, and delete database
connections, use the Data Sources pages in the Administrator.
For more information, see
on page 37.
Directory mappings redirect relative file paths to physical directories on
your server. To specify server-wide directory aliases, use the Mappings
page in the Administrator.
For more information, see
Debugging information provides important data about CFML page
processing. To choose the debugging information to display, and to
designate an IP address to receive debugging information, use the
Debugging & Logging section of the Administrator.
For more information, see
CHAPTER 2
Chapter 3, "Data Source Management,"
"Mappings page" on page
"Debugging Settings page" on page
22.
28.
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