Specifications

Task Command

Start ColdFusion 10

./coldfusion start

Stop ColdFusion 10

./coldfusion stop

Restart ColdFusion 10

./coldfusion restart

View status of ColdFusion server

./coldfusion status

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Managing the ColdFusion process in Mac OS X

The ColdFusion installation creates a single process in UNIX called . To check whether it is running,cfusion

use the following command:

ps -eaf | grep coldfusion10

If it is running, your computer returns something similar to the following line:

nobody 4528 1 10 12:44 pts/0 00:00:07 /opt/coldfusion10/bin/coldfusion10

Note

This discussion applies to the ColdFusion 10 server configuration only. With the J2EE

configuration, you start and stop ColdFusion 10 by starting the application server.

The ColdFusion process starts automatically when you start your computer and shuts down automatically

when you shut down your computer, if you specified that it should do so in the installation.

In the ColdFusion Administrator, if you enable or disable security or change any option in the Java and JVM

Settings page, stop and restart the ColdFusion process for your changes to take effect. This applies to the

server configuration only; in the J2EE configurations, you use application-server-specific methods to update

Java settings.

Manage the ColdFusion process in UNIX

Enter the following command:

cd cf_root/bin

Enter the appropriate command, as the following table describes:

Task Command