Specifications

Click the Edit icon to edit the instance manager.

Edit the internal webserver port and load balancing factor.Load balancing factor represents the load

the instance takes up. Load balancing factor is applicable only if the instance is part of the cluster.For

example, the load balancing factor for the first instance is 1 and that of the second instance is 2. The

second instance receives two times more requests.

Click Submit.

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Registering a remote instance

In the ColdFusion Administrator, click Enterprise Manager > Instance Manager > Register Remote

Instance.

Specify the details such as instance name, remote host, remote port, http port, and JVM route.

Instance name is a string that is used to identify the instance. Remote port and HTTP port are

displayed in the Instance Manager page. These ports are provided in the file available inserver.xml

the folder of the instance. Remote port is the AJP port and the instance port is theruntime\conf

connector port.JVM route is the remote instance name. The JVM route is an attribute that acts as an

identifier for a particular Tomcat worker. JVM route is provided in the file available in the server.xml

folder of the instance. For more information on JVM route, see runtime\conf http://tomcat.apache.o

.rg/tomcat-7.0-doc/cluster-howto.html

Note

A remote instance and a local instance cannot have the same JVM route if they are

added in a cluster with sticky session enabled.

If you want remote start and stop functionality over HTTP, enter Admin Component port, Admin

Component user name, and Admin Component password. The default Admin Component port is 8985.

Note

To enable this feature, install admin component on the remote host.

In the remote host, open the ColdFusion_installtion\cfusion\jetty\etc\jetty.xm

Search for the string, .org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector

Update the host with the IP address of the remote host.

Restart the jetty server.

Click Submit.

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Adding start and stop functionality to a remote instance over HTTPS

You can start and stop a remote instance over HTTPS or HTTP. To enable this feature, install admin

component while installing ColdFusion. You can install Solr, admin component, or both while installing

ColdFusion.

Do the following in the remote host.

In the remote host, generate a private key in a keystore file. Provide the details at prompt.