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December 16, 2017
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Can't load website after installing Coldfusion 2016

  • December 16, 2017
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I am trying to re setup my development server on my home computer (Windows 10) with Coldfusion 2016 after a hard-drive crash. I've set up numerous variations of Coldfusion over the past decade and have always been able to troubleshoot and get them to work.   With Coldfusion 2016 I have been trying for two days with no success.

  1. I have IIS setup on the server.
  2. I have Coldfusion 2016 installed with D:\ColdFusion2016 as the installation path.
  3. I created a new site in IIS, which is located in the folder  D:\Website\
  4. The site I added has virtual directories for CFIDE and Jakarta
  5. I have copied "mysql-connector-java-5.1.45-bin" over to the ColdFusion2016/cfusion/lib folder. (started and stopped CF Server)
  6. I have opened IIS and clicked on the website name in the Application Pools, then selected "Enable 32-Bit Applications" under Advanced Settings...

I am able to launch CFAdmin at:  http://127.0.0.1:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

But when I go to load my website in the browser I get a 404 error:   I've tried all four of these combinations. 

http://localhost:8500/website/

http://127.0.0.1:8500/website/

http://localhost/website/

http://127.0.0.1/website/

What am I missing?  It's been two days and I still can't ColdFusion 2016 setup correctly.

Ron

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    Correct answer Wilgeno

    First of all do not add the CFIDE alias. It's no longer used in ColdFusion 2016. 

     

    Next, why did you enable 32 bit applications in the IIS Application pool?  Unless you've installed 32 bit ColdFusion with 32 bit Java you do not need to set that setting and doing so will make the site not work.

     

     Port 8500 is for the CFAdmin only.  Your website will be at wherever you setup your IIS bindings and web root path.

     

    Let me know if any of this helps.

    Wil

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    WilgenoCorrect answer
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    December 17, 2017

    First of all do not add the CFIDE alias. It's no longer used in ColdFusion 2016. 

     

    Next, why did you enable 32 bit applications in the IIS Application pool?  Unless you've installed 32 bit ColdFusion with 32 bit Java you do not need to set that setting and doing so will make the site not work.

     

     Port 8500 is for the CFAdmin only.  Your website will be at wherever you setup your IIS bindings and web root path.

     

    Let me know if any of this helps.

    Wil

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    December 17, 2017

    Hi Wil,

    Last night I made 32-bit applications FALSE and this time it worked.  I tried it both ways a couple of times but it's likely that through a variety of other issues, re-installs, etc - it may not have mattered at the time I did that.

    Thank you for taking the time to respond.

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