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Anonymous
June 23, 2014
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Multiple application pools for ColdFusion possible in the same IIS website?

  • June 23, 2014
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I would like to set up a single website with CFM11 under IIS8.5

In this website there are several CFM applications, each under a different "Application" subfolder. For security purposes, monitoring and separate maintenance shutdowns per application, these would all need their own "application pool".

However, this means that these applications should run under a different application pool than their website root node. In IIS this causes a 403.18 exception:

HTTP Error 403.18 - Forbidden

The specified request cannot be processed in the application pool that is configured for this resource on the Web server.

Most likely causes:

•An ISAPI filter or custom module changed the URL to run in a different application pool than the original URL.

•An ISAPI extension (or custom module) used ExecuteURL (or ExecuteRequest) to run in a different application pool than the original URL.

•You have a custom error page that is located in one application pool but is referenced by a Web site in another application pool. When the URL is processed, it is determined by IIS that that it should have been processed in the first application pool, not the other pool.

•The Web site has multiple applications configured. The application this request is configured to run in is set to run in an application pool that does not exist.

All works fine if the "applications" in the subfolders run under the same application pool as the website root. However that is not my preferred setup... The behaviour is consistent over all CFM-applications that I deploy, no matter how simple they are...

Two questions:

- is coldfusion actually looking to "higher" folders than I expect it to? (and can that be avoided)

- any hints or experiences on how to avoid / solve this issue?

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vishu_13
vishu_13
Inspiring
June 23, 2014

Here are the steps you need to follow:

When you create connector for your ColdFusion 11 website, you get the “Jakarta” as virtual directory added under your website in IIS. If you don't then add 'jakarta' as virtual directory in your website.

You need to right click on “Jakarta” folder and click on “Convert to Application”.

Select the new Application Pool of the Application (say Test) added under website (CF 11)

Click OK. Restart IIS.

NOTE :  You need not to restart IIS as well however if you still face the issue after following the above steps then try to restart IIS.

HTH

Thanks

VJ

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    Anonymous
    June 23, 2014

    Thanks for your answer, it got me a bit closer...

    As you point out, the (single) application works if it runs in the same pool as jakarta (which indeed must be changed to an application).

    However, my scenario is more or less like this:

    --+ website root [pool_root]

      |- appl_one [pool_one]

      |- appl_two [pool_two]

      |- appl_three [pool_three]

      |- jakarta [pool_one] -> as per your recommendation

    If I set jakarta to [pool_one], my appl_one application will work. However, my appl_two and appl_three do not and are stuck on the same error 403.18.

    My attempt is to have all app_* run in their won application pool...

    vishu_13
    vishu_13
    Inspiring
    June 23, 2014

    jadr wrote:

    My attempt is to have all app_* run in their won application pool...

    I believe you mean "own" application pool?

    Let me test the same.

    Thanks
    VJ

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