Installation guide

3.5 BlueDragon Servers Account Privileges

Be aware that BlueDragon Server and Server JX editions run by default as root on Linux

and OS X systems, and as the Local System Account on Windows systems. This is

something we may change in the future.

3.6 Built-in Web Server

BlueDragon Server contains a built-in web (HTTP) server that can be used for develop-

ment and testing, and is also used to access the BlueDragon administration console. The

BlueDragon built-in web server is not recommended for use on production web sites. See

section 3.7 for more information on using web server adapters for integration with web

servers like IIS, Apache, and more. Additionally, see section 5.1 for additional

information on using the built-in web server.

You will be prompted by the BlueDragon installer to specify a TCP/IP port number for

the built-in web server; the default port number is 8080. After installation, you may

modify the port number via the BlueDragon administration console.

3.7 Web Server Adapters

For deploying production web sites, BlueDragon Server includes adapters for all leading

web servers: Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS), Netscape® Enterprise Server

(NES), iPlanet™ Web Server (iWS), and Apache HTTP Server. You may choose to have

the BlueDragon installer install a web server adapter, or you may install a web server

adapter via the BlueDragon administration console. Regardless of the method you

choose, you must restart the web server after installing a BlueDragon web server

adapter; see section3.7.2.6, below, for instructions on restarting Microsoft IIS.

BlueDragon Server uses a TCP/IP port for communication with the web server adapter;

the default port number is 9999. You will be prompted to specify the port number when

you install a web server adapter. The web server adapter port number must be different

than the built-in web server port number! (It also must be a port number not used by any

other server on your machine, including any other installations of BlueDragon server that

might also be using the default 9999 port.)

The following subsections describe additional topics relevant to using web server

adapters.

3.7.1 General Web Server Adapter Issues

3.7.1.1 Multi-homed Web Servers and the CacheRealPath Option

When deploying on a web server using multiple virtual hosts/websites/roots (often called

multi-homing), BlueDragon’s default behavior for caching templates (the

“cacherealpath” setting) is different from ColdFusion MX’s.

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