Remote Server Settings

Hi There,

I am also trying to install ColdFusion Builder and it is very frustrating.

Local environment:

Windows 7 + ColdFusion Builder 2 Std.

OS X Lion + ColdFusion Bulder 2 Std.

Remote environment:

Windows 2008 R2 + ColdFusion 9 (standalone)

• After starting CFB2, find Servers view. (Window > Show View > Servers)
• Assuming a new server is to be set, click Add Server button. A pop-up window "Server Settings" appears. The following fields are entered:
  • Server Name: whatever meaningful to you.
  • Description: for you as well.
  • Application Server: I am using the standalone settings, so I keep the option Jrun. The documentation said some CFB2 functions won't work for other App Server.
  • Host Name: the IP or host name of my ColdFusion server. If it is not localhost, the radio button below will change from Is Local to Is Remote. Anyway, make sure it is selected accordingly.
  • WebServer Port: I am serving at 80. If you are using Development Edition, it is possible the port is 8500.
  • J2EE Settings: is omitted for me. If you are install a multi-instance (not standalone), this box will be important.
  • Other Settings: I am using the default RDS settings during ColdFusion server installation, so...
    • RDS User Name: leave it blank.
    • RDS Password: enter the one during ColdFusion server installation.
  • Enable SSL: not for now.
  • Auto Start/Stop: not for now
• Next "Remote Server Settings":
  • Naming Port: I don't know what it is, frankly, so I keep the default 2910.
  • Username: admin. (You can find the values of these two boxes at: ${ColdFusionProgramFile}\runtime\servers\admin\SERVER-INF\jrun-users.xml)
  • Password: admin.
  • Document Root: C:\inetpub\wwwroot
• "Mappings":
  • Local Path: my local development folder
  • Remote Path: remote folder that stores the CF sites/pages
  • URL Prefix: prefix to access the Remote Path at the web server.
• "Virtual Host Settings": blank for me.
• "Install Extensions": uncheck "Install Extensions" at this time.

After all these, the right bottom corner shows "Getting server status of ..." and need to wait quite a while for the Status turns to Runing from Unknown. Then, the RDS Dataview and RDS Fileview show the structure of my remote server.

My issue is: I can see and create/edit files from RDS Fileview, but why I cannot upload my local files to the server via RDS like Dreamweaver? This is very disappointed. I am going to initialize another thread for discussion.

One good first step... that I was made aware of by Ben Forta in one of his videos... is to install a developer copy of ColdFusion on the local PC.

Then... CFBuilder can talk to CF via local host.

This step helps to isolate pesky firewall and anti-virus settings.

Of course, this is easier to to do if the developer is using Windows 7, rather than Mac.

Also... there is a CFB pdf manual available for download from Adobe.

CF is now version 9 and after it is installed... I believe that there is at least one service pack.