User Guide

22 Administering ColdFusion Server
4. Run the apxs command to build mod_coldfusion.so by entering the following
command:
make
5. Run the apxs command to add the module to the Apache configuration by
entering the following command:
make install
6. Restart your Apache server by entering the following command:
apachectl restart
To configure the Apache module that Allaire provides:
1. Copy the ColdFusion module to the Apache modules directory:
cp /opt/coldfusion/webserver/apache/mod_coldfusion.so \ /usr/local/
apache/libexec
2. Edit your httpd.conf file to include the following directive:
LoadModule coldfusion_module libexec/mod_coldfusion.so
Note If you have a ClearModuleList directive in httpd.conf, you will need
to add the following directive to the AddModule list as stated by the
comments in the httpd.conf file: AddModule mod_coldfusion.c
3. Restart apache.
You should now be able to access the ColdFusion Administrator with the following
URL:
http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm
Using scripts to start and stop ColdFusion manually
ColdFusion provides two scripts for starting and stopping ColdFusion processes
manually:
<installdir>/colfusion/bin/start
<installdir>/colfusion/bin/stop
Note You must be logged in with root privileges to run these scripts.
The ColdFusion installation scripts also installs the following scripts to start and stop
ColdFusion during system boot and shutdown:
/etc/init.d/coldfusion
/etc/rc1.d/K19coldfusion
/etc/rc3.d/S25coldfusion