Quick Start Guide

232 Installing a Web Server
If you’re a Windows user and want to develop ColdFusion applications,
you can instead use the web server installed with the developer edition of
the ColdFusion MX 7. For more information, see Appendix C, “Setup for
Sample ColdFusion Site,” on page 237.
IIS may already be installed on your computer. Check your folder structure
to see if it contains a C:\Inetpub or D:\Inetpub folder. IIS creates this
folder during installation.
If the folder does not exist, install IIS. For more information, see
“Installing Internet Information Server” on page 232.
If you’re a Macintosh user interested in developing PHP applications, you
can use the Apache web server already installed on your Macintosh. For
more information, see “Testing the Macintosh web server (PHP
developers)” on page 233.
Installing Internet Information
Server
Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional users should install Internet
Information Server (IIS).
If you’re a Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional user, check
whether IIS is already installed and running on your system. The way to do
this is to look for the C:\Inetpub folder. If it doesn’t exist, IIS is probably
not installed on your system.
To install IIS on Windows 2000 and XP Professional:
1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, or
Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Next.
4. Follow the installation instructions.
You can test the web server after installing it.