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spradhan
spradhan
Inspiring
April 18, 2014
Question

Problem getting CF8 administrator to work on windows 2008 server

  • April 18, 2014
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When I create a file helloworld.cfm in root folder and browse to http://localhost/helloworld.cfm, it renders cfoutput fine <cfoutput>#now()#</cfoutput> shows the correct date and time.

But, when I go to the CF Administrator and enter the password for the initial setup, I keep getting the following error. Anyone have any idea how to fix it? I have checked permission everything seems fine.

If there is no solution, then I am thinking of upgrading to CF 10. If I buy and upgrade from CF8 to CF10, can I do a fresh install on a new 2008 server, or do i need to have CF8 installed correctly first?

Server Error

500 - Internal server error.

There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

500 

ROOT CAUSE: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parseQueryString(FormScope.java:321) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parsePostData(FormScope.java:293) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.fillForm(FormScope.java:243) at coldfusion.filter.FusionContext.SymTab_initForRequest(FusionContext.java:430) at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:33) at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22) at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:126) at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:175) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86) at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101) at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106) at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42) at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:284) at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543) at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266) at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66) 

javax.servlet.ServletException: ROOT CAUSE: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parseQueryString(FormScope.java:321) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.parsePostData(FormScope.java:293) at coldfusion.filter.FormScope.fillForm(FormScope.java:243) at coldfusion.filter.FusionContext.SymTab_initForRequest(FusionContext.java:430) at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:33) at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22) at coldfusion.filter.RequestThrottleFilter.invoke(RequestThrottleFilter.java:126) at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:175) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86) at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101) at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106) at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42) at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:284) at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543) at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266) at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)  at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:70) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94) at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101) at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106) at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42) at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:284) at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543) at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428) at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266) at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)
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    vishu_13
    vishu_13
    Inspiring
    April 18, 2014

    For CF 8 :  Enable the built-in port in jrun.xml like this : (C:\ColdFusion8\runtime\servers\coldfusion\SERVER-INF)

      <!-- ================================================================== -->

      <!-- This is the built-in JRun Web Server                               -->

      <!-- ================================================================== -->

      <service class="jrun.servlet.http.WebService" name="WebService">

        <attribute name="port">8500</attribute>

        <attribute name="interface">*</attribute>

        <attribute name="deactivated">false</attribute>

    For CF 10 :

    • The installer of CF 10 is indepedent of CF 8.
    • If you want to keep both CF 8 and CF 10 on the same server, then yes it is possible.
    • If you just want CF 10, then you can uninstall CF 8 and install CF 10.
    • However if you want to keep CF 10 only and migrate all CF 8 settings to CF 10 then make sure that when you install CF 10, the service of CF 8 should be running. At the end of CF 10 install, you will be asked : Do you want to migrate all the CF 8 settings to CF 10? Say yes and all CF 8 settings should be migrated to CF 10

    HTH

    Thanks

    VJ

    Dave Ferguson
    Dave Ferguson
    Participating Frequently
    April 18, 2014

    I would just go and install 10.  ColdFusion 8 is currently 2 major version behind.. and very soon to be 3.  It is going to be harder and harder to get support for any issue you run into.

    Also, no, you don't need CF8 installed to install 10.

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