MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7 - INSTALLING AND USING COLDFUSION MX Using Manual page 50

Configuring web servers in Windows
This section explains how to configure the following web servers in Windows:
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Configuring IIS in Windows
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Configuring SunONE Web Server or iPlanet web server in Windows
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Configuring Apache web server in Windows
Configuring IIS in Windows
This section describes how to configure IIS for ColdFusion MX in Windows, and how to verify
your configuration. You configure IIS using the Web Server Configuration Tool in either GUI or
command-line mode. This discussion describes how to use GUI mode.
Tip: (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 MX.
To configure IIS for ColdFusion MX 7 in Windows:
Start the Web Server Configuration Tool by selecting Start > Programs > Macromedia >
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ColdFusion MX 7 > Web Server Configuration Tool.
Click Add.
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In the Server drop-down list box, select the host name and the server or cluster name that you
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want to configure. In the ColdFusion MX 7 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
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specify All.
Select the Configure web server for ColdFusion MX applications option.
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Caution: Omitting the previous step causes your web server to serve ColdFusion MX 7 source
code.
Click OK.
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Copy the CFIDE and cfdocs directories from cf_root/wwwroot to your web server root
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directory. In addition, copy your application's CFM pages from cf_root/wwwroot to your web
server root directory. In the multiserver configuration, these files are under the
jrun_root/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war directory.
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