Installing Coldfusion Under Linux

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Installing Coldfusion Under Linux

• Mid-Michigan Coldfusion Users Group, Nov. 2002

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Installing Coldfusion MX

• Much easier than previous versions
• Coldfusion MX is MUCH more stable under Linux
  than previous versions
• No longer need an intimate knowledge of C and
  Apache Modules to install
• Can be installed from the console or any other
  shell login

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Things you need to know

• Is Coldfusion already installed?
• Coldfusion Serial Number (or eval)
• Installation Directory
• Web server you plan to use
• Internal JRun Web server (Port 8500)
• Apache 1.x or 2.x
• IBM Websphere

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Things you need to know

• User your web server is running as
• Coldfusion Admin / RDS Password
• Examples and CFDocs install?

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If you plan to use Apache

• You need to know the location of
• Apache config. (httpd.conf)
• Web server document Root.
• Apache Binaries Location (httpd)
• Stop/Start script for Apache

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Install Demo
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Things to keep in mind

• Linux as well as UNIX are Case Sensitive.
• This could mean that your ported web applications
  dont work the first time. http//localhost/myPag
  e.cfm and http//localhost/mypage.cfm are
  different!
• Application.cfm MUST have a capitol A, and the
  rest lowercase.
• Links to /CFIDE/ should be caps. /cfide/ may
  work, but has been known to be buggy.

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Things to keep in mind

• Permissions!
• Try to always upload files as the web server
  account. If the web server or Coldfusion cannot
  read the file, it wont execute it!
• Directory Separators
• When using System Functions, remember that
  \inetpub\wwwroot\ doesn't exist. Rather, you
  must use /inetpub/wwwroot/

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Where to find help

• Linux Issues
• linux on EFnet (irc.prison.net)
• http//www.tldp.org/ (The Linux Documentation
  Project)
• http//www.linuxcentral.com (Buy Books)
• The Man Pages
• Type man ltcommandgt from any Linux Shell Prompt
  to read that programs manual.

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Where to find help

• Macromedias Website
• http//webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion
• http//www.macromedia.com/desdev/