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INSTALLING COLDFUSION 9

Installing the Multiserver Configuration

Last updated 1/20/2012

Note: You need to manually install LiveCycle Data Services ES on multiple server instances, in the same way as in the

case of a single server installation. For more information about installing LiveCycle Data Services ES manually, see

“Installing LiveCycle Data Services Manually” on page 51.

About multiserver configuration

When you install ColdFusion using the multiserver configuration, the installation wizard automatically deploys and

configures ColdFusion on its own JRun server. This configuration supports server instance creation in the ColdFusion

Administrator and lets you manage ColdFusion deployments on multiple JRun servers.

If you already have JRun 4 installed and you want to use the server instance creation feature of ColdFusion, you must

uninstall it before you install the multiserver configuration of ColdFusion.

When you use the multiserver configuration, you can use the ColdFusion Administrator to define multiple server

instances on a single computer, each running ColdFusion. Running multiple instances of ColdFusion has the following

advantages:

Application isolation You deploy an independent application to each server instance. Each server instance has

separate settings, and because each server instance runs in its own instance of the JVM, problems encountered by one

application have no effect on other applications.

Load balancing and failover You deploy the same application to each server instance and add the instances to a

cluster. The web server connector optimizes performance and stability by automatically balancing load and by

switching requests to another server instance when a server instance stops running.

For more information on configuring ColdFusion on multiple server instances, including detailed information for

configuring multiple server instances when running on JRun 4, see the Configuring and Administering Adobe®

ColdFusion® 9 guide.

For more information about J2EE servers, see “ColdFusion and J2EE application servers” on page 18.

Installing ColdFusion using the multiserver

configuration

You must install ColdFusion using the multiserver configuration on a computer that has no earlier versions of JRun.

ColdFusion Administrator password? ___________________________________________________

Whether to enable RDS? ___ Yes

___ No

Note: RDS allows the server to interact with remotely connected developers. Adobe

recommends that you disable RDS for production servers.

Disabling RDS also disables the directory browsing applets in the ColdFusion

Administrator.

RDS password? ___________________________________

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