User Guide

18 Chapter 2: Installing the Server Configuration

If you are installing on a computer on which ColdFusion 4.5 or 5 already exists, shut down the

ColdFusion servers. For information about stopping ColdFusion services, see “Managing the

ColdFusion MX 7 process on UNIX” on page 48.

Copy the installation file that is appropriate for your platform and locale from the CD or

Macromedia website, and save it to a directory on your local disk.

The following are the installation files for supported server configuration platforms:

■ coldfusion-70-lin.bin

■ coldfusion-70-sol.bin

Using the cd command, go to the directory that contains the installation file.

10.

Start the installation with the following command:

./<filename>

The installation program starts.

Note: To run the UNIX installer in GUI mode, type ./<filename> -i gui.

11.

Follow the prompts, and let the installation program run to completion.

Caution: For security reasons, it is crucial that you do not use root for the runtime user.

12.

Start ColdFusion MX 7 with the following command:

/cf_root/bin/coldfusion start

If you specified the use of an external web server when you ran the installer, ColdFusion MX 7

automatically runs the cf_root/bin/cfmx-connectors.sh script when it starts the first time. This

shell script runs the Web Server Configuration Tool using the settings you specified during the

installation. If there are problems running this script, review the configuration and bin

directory specifications, modify as necessary, and rerun the script. You can also configure your

web server using the scripts in cf_root/bin/connectors, as appropriate.

To stop ColdFusion MX 7, use the following command:

/cf_root/bin/coldfusion stop

For more information on managing processes, see “Managing the ColdFusion MX 7 process

on UNIX” on page 48.

13.

Open ColdFusion MX Administrator to run the configuration wizard.

14.

Configure and manage your system, as described in Chapter 5, “Configuring Your System,” on

page 45.

15.

To learn about ColdFusion MX 7, read the documentation, which is accessible through the

Documentation link at the top of the ColdFusion MX Administrator.