User Guide

30 Administering ColdFusion Server
You can learn more about each of these areas of ColdFusion administration by
referring to the information in the following table:
The ColdFusion Administrator
The Administrator is a Web application you use to configure the ColdFusion Server
and to set various server options. The Administrator includes options for managing a
wide range of server settings.
You can open the Administrator by selecting the ColdFusion Administrator icon in the
ColdFusion 4.0 program group (Windows) or by opening the following URL:
http:// hostname /CFIDE/Administrator/index.cfm
Where hostname is the name of the server where ColdFusion is installed.
Information about ColdFusion Administration
Subject Where to find it
Installing ColdFusion See Chapter 1, “Installing and Configuring
ColdFusion,” on page 1.
Configuring ColdFusion data sources Chapter 4, “Managing Data Sources,” on
page 77.
Native database drivers for Oracle and
Sybase databases
Configuring OLE-DB data sources
Setting debugging options Chapter 3, “Configuring ColdFusion Server,”
on page 37.
Configuring Administrator email
Managing log files
Clustering and load-balancing Chapter 6, “Creating Scalable and Highly
Available Web Sites,” on page 129.
Using CGI with ColdFusion Chapter 7, “Using CGI with ColdFusion,” on
page 269.
Configuring basic security for remote
development and administration
Chapter 9, “Configuring Basic Security,” on
page 283.
Configuring Advanced security for
ColdFusion resources
Chapter 10, “Configuring Advanced
Security,” on page 289.