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Last updated 2/21/2012
Chapter 2: Administering ColdFusion
Although you use the ColdFusion Administrator to perform most ColdFusion administration tasks, you can also
manage databases, web server configurations, and Verity Search Server.
About the ColdFusion Administrator
The ColdFusion Administrator provides a browser-based interface for managing your ColdFusion environment. You
can configure many settings to provide optimal levels of security and functionality. The available options are based on
your edition of ColdFusion 9—Standard or Enterprise—as well as your configuration: server, multiserver, or J2EE. For
more information on ColdFusion configurations, see Preparing to Install ColdFusion in Installing ColdFusion.
The default location for the ColdFusion Administrator login page is:
http://servername[:portnumber]/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm
Where servername is the fully qualified domain name of your web server. Common values for servername are localhost
or 127.0.0.1 (each refers to the web server on the local computer).
If you are using the ColdFusion built-in web server, include the port number as part of the servername. The default
port number for the server configuration is 8500; for example,
http://servername:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm. The default port number for the multiserver configuration
is 8300. If you are using the J2EE configuration, include the port number that the web server of the J2EE application
server uses.
If you were using the built-in web server in a version earlier than ColdFusion MX 7 and upgraded to ColdFusion 8,
the installer automatically finds an unused port for the built-in web server (typically 8501).
If your ColdFusion Administrator is on a remote computer, use the Domain Name Services (DNS) name or Internet
Protocol (IP) address of the remote host.
To access the ColdFusion Administrator, enter the password specified when you installed ColdFusion.
Note: If you are running ColdFusion in a multihomed environment and have problems displaying the ColdFusion
Administrator, see
“Web Server Management” on page 59 for configuration information.
For more information, see “Using the ColdFusion Administrator” on page 4.
About web server administration
ColdFusion applications require a web server to process ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) pages. The server and
multiserver configurations provide a built-in web server along with support for external web servers, such as Apache,
IIS, and Sun ONE Web Server (formerly known as iPlanet).
For more information, see “Web Server Management” on page 59.