User Guide

46 Chapter 3 Installing ColdFusion Server in Linux
ColdFusion Server processes
The ColdFusion Server installation creates the following processes in Linux:
Starting and stopping ColdFusion Server processes
In general, you should stop and restart ColdFusion Server after making changes in
the ColdFusion Administrator that affect a data source or connection parameter,
such as caching, thread count, and so on.
ColdFusion Server provides two scripts for starting and stopping ColdFusion Server
processes manually in Linux:
/opt/coldfusion/bin/start
/opt/coldfusion/bin/stop
In addition, ColdFusion Application Manager provides two scripts for starting and
stopping ClusterCATS and the Application Manager:
/opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-start
/opt/coldfusion/bin/cfam-stop
Note
To run the scripts, you must be logged in with root privileges.
Process Purpose
cfexec
Starts and stops the other processes and manages page
scheduling.
cfserver
The main ColdFusion Server service. ColdFusion pages cannot
be processed if this service is not running.
cfrdsservice
Provides system support for the Administrator and security and
debugging services for ColdFusion Studio,
java
Provides a runtime for the ColdFusion Server graphing and
charting features and application management features.
ipaliasd
Provides IP failover capability for ClusterCATS.*
reqmgr
Processes ClusterCATS operations as root.*
ccmgr
Creates processes to support ClusterCATS*
wsprobe
Probes the application server for load and restarts
unresponsive Web servers*
CANamingAdapter
Controls the data store for application management features*
dfp
Provides load-balancing information to LocalDirector*
* Available in ColdFusion Server Enterprise only
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