Coldfusion Local Install Issues

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February 14, 2007
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Evening all,

I'm a student at University currently studying Coldfusion, so planned on installing the developer edition on my home PC. However, I've seemed to hit a few bumps whilst installing it, and wondered if anyone here could lend a helping hand.

Everything seems to go ok with the Installation, until it comes to the point when I have to choose a web server. I have IIS installed, but wasn't to sure if CF worked ok with IIS, so opted for the "built-in web server" option. After it installs, jrun.exe runs and instantly uses up 100% of my CPU. I assumed jrun.exe is CF's web server, but I could well be wrong. I'm attempting to uninstall it, but with jrun.exe taking up so much CPU it's pretty difficult.

Am I right in saying that jrun.exe is CF's built in web server? And do you recommend using that as the server option? Or am I best installing something along the lines of Apache and using that? Or is it possible to just use IIS?

Another problem I seem to be having, that maybe someone could shed light on, is with my IIS. When I got into the IIS settings from the Windows Services panel, there is a message saying "Default Website (stopped)", and it seems no ASP pages will work. Has anyone experienced anything similiar?

Thanks for your time folks, very much appreciated.

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Anonymous

All,

I was having the same install "ERROR - JNDI port 2920 for server coldfusion is not active" on my newly installed WinXP Pro (2002 w/sp2) with all updates as of 3/7/2007.

I changed 'boot.ini' (see below) and then uninstalled CFMX, rebooted and then reinstalled CFMX and all when without error.

All I did was change the '/noexecute=optin' to '/noexecute=AlwaysOff' in boot.ini
See Adobe TechNote=228c3aaa for detail info.

boot.ini is a hidden system file in the boot's root

Hope this helps someone else too.

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Tanveer01

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Hi there all,
I am also learning to use cold fusion and am having some issues. I would appreciate if some one can help out.
On installing cold fusion on my laptop which has windows xp home edition installed, the installation completes but with a message:
' Failed to create DSN'

The administartor home page then fails to open.

Your advice on trouble shooting this issue would be highly appreciated.

Tanveer

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RobbieDLAuthor

Inspiring

Evening mate,

After delving a little deeper, the problem seemed to one that is shared by quite a few people installing CF on an XP machine. No one seems to know exactly what causes the problem, some mentioing Windows Firewall or its DEP service.

There is one semi-solution available that seems to work with a few people. I've tried it, but no luck. Here's the link to the solution, it's worth giving it a shot.

Coldfusion Solution

Let me know if it solves your issue, or if you find another solution to it.

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RobbieDLAuthor

Inspiring

I did a little more digging around, and apparently Kerio's Server Firewall caused many problems for people. And it wasn't until they actuall fully uninstalled it did CF begin to work correctly.

I'm running Kerio Personal Firewall, does anyone think it could have the same effect?

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Newsgroup_User

Inspiring

Am I right in saying that jrun.exe is CF's built in web server? And do
you recommend using that as the server option? Or am I best installing
something along the lines of Apache and using that? Or is it possible to
just use IIS?

Another problem I seem to be having, that maybe someone could shed
light on, is with my IIS. When I got into the IIS settings from the
Windows Services panel, there is a message saying "Default Website
(stopped)", and it seems no ASP pages will work. Has anyone experienced
anything similiar?

Actually ColdFusion is a Java applications and JRun is the default java
server used to run it. Other java engines are supported, but not
relevant to this issue.

ColdFusion works with IIS and Apache and it's built in server just fine.
I suspect your problem is that your default web site is stopped and
the set up is trying to run the cf administration web page that is the
final step in installing cold fusion. Go to your IIS control panel and
start the default web site. Then go to
http://localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/ in a browser to complete
your setup. You may have to run the 'Web Server Configuration Tool'
before this works. I'm not sure how that tool behaves if the web site
is stopped.

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RobbieDLAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for the speedy reply, much appreciated.

I managed to start IIS, but still no luck with CF. When I attempt to go to the Web Config Tool, it pops up with a message saying "Could not connect to any Jrun/Coldfusion servers on host localhost". And when I attempt to finish the installation with the link you provided, it just goes to a Page Cannot Be Displayed, as it does with every CF page I try.

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