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INSTALLING COLDFUSION 9
Configuring Your System
Last updated 1/20/2012
Configuring web servers
You configure a web server to serve ColdFusion pages, for Windows and UNIX if you did not configure a web server
automatically during installation, if you want to change your web server, or to configure a web server for a cluster.
You configure an external web server connection by using the Web Server Configuration Tool, which you can run
through a graphical user interface (GUI) or the command line. The Windows discussions describe GUI mode, and the
UNIX instructions describe command-line mode; however, you can use GUI mode in UNIX if you have access to a
graphical environment.
ColdFusion 9 provides batch files and shell scripts in the cf_root/bin/connectors directory to help you get started with
command-line usage.
For more information on the Web Server Configuration Tool, including information on multihoming and distributed
usage, see the Configuring and Administering ColdFusion guide.
Note: If you cannot verify your configuration, repeat the procedure. If the problem persists, contact Adobe Technical
Support for assistance, or manually create the element that you cannot verify in the configuration (for example, manually
add an entry to the Apache httpd.conf file, as described here.).
Configuring web servers in Windows
You configure web servers in Windows by doing the following:
• Configuring IIS in Windows
• Configuring Sun Java System Web Server in Windows
• Configuring Apache web server in Windows
Configuring IIS in Windows
You configure IIS using the Web Server Configuration Tool in GUI or command-line mode. This discussion describes
how to use GUI mode.
(Server configuration only) To use the command line, open the batch files located in cf_root\bin\connectors.
For more information, see the Web Server Management chapter in the Configuring and Administering ColdFusion
guide.
Task Command
Start ColdFusion 9 coldfusion start
Stop ColdFusion 9 coldfusion stop
Restart ColdFusion 9 coldfusion restart
View performance information for ColdFusion 9 coldfusion status
Run Web Server Configuration Tool coldfusion wsconfig