Using The Built-In Web Server; Switching The Port For The Built-In Web Server - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61 - INSTALLING AND USING COLDFUSION MX Using Manual

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Using the built-in web server

ColdFusion MX 6.1 has its own web server that you can use to develop ColdFusion MX

applications, without depending on an external web server, such as Internet Information Server

(IIS), Apache, or iPlanet. Macromedia does not recommend using the built-in web server in a

production environment. However, it is more than suitable for development, allowing you to

create virtual directories and set the default document (for example, default.cfm or index.cfm).

During the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installation, you must choose a web server. If you select the built-

in server, then your web root directory is located in the cf_root/wwwroot directory. By default, the

web server runs on port 8500. This means that to display a page in your application, you must

append :8500 to the host name or IP address in the URL; for example,

http://localhost:8500/YourApp1/index.cfm. (If the page still does not display, make sure that the

document is located in the built-in web server's web root directory; for example,

C:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\YourApp1\index.cfm.)

You can change the default port on which the built-in web server runs.

To change the default port for the built-in web server:

Back up the jrun.xml file.

This file is in the cf_root\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF directory in Windows, and in

the cf_root/runtime/servers/default/SERVER-INF directory on UNIX.

Open the original jrun.xml file for editing.

Change the port number specified in the WebService port attribute (near the bottom of the file):

<attribute name="deactivated">false</attribute>

</service>

Note: Make sure that the deactivated attribute is set to false.

Save the file.

Restart ColdFusion MX.

Description

Verity collections. (The Verity program files are in the lib directory.)

Default web root directory for the built-in web server. When running on other

web servers, this directory contains only the WEB-INF directory; do not

remove this directory.

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