Scheduled job won't run

Dinghus wrote:
> What port does the scheduled task try to use by default? I'm thinking the port is blocked.

A scheduled task is just an HTTP|HTTPS request. So the normal ports of
80 and|or 443 unless something is unusual in your setup.

What port does the scheduled task try to use by default? I'm thinking the port is blocked.

Hmmm that still doesn't work. I still have the cfhttp throwing a connection failure too.
I don't think this has anything to do with the scheduler, but instead with cfhttp security of some sort.

Is it possible, in the security settings somewhere, to lockout a cfhttp get?

Dinghus wrote:
> I have a procedure to run once a night. Currently it runs on W2K server with
> MSIE 6 and CFMX7. Company wants to upgrade server to 2003 and MSIE7 CFMX7.
> However this scheduled job now won't run. I get a CONNECTION FAILURE everytime.
> It will run locally if I browse to the file and it will run over the intranet.
> BUT it won't run when called from the scheduled tasks.
> I ran a simple cfhttp call and rec'd the error "connection failure: Status
> Code Unavailable"
> So is there any security settings or anything that block cfhttp calls?
>


Yes, eight out of ten times that you can personally browse to a resource
that is unavailable when accessed as a schedule task or with <cfhttp...>
is because of Windows Integrated Security.

Your browser can pass your domain creditionals to the server, quietly
behind the scenes if you use a Windows Browser, and the server lets you
access the resource. The basic, built in browser ColdFusion uses to
make schedule task and <cfhttp...> request, can not respond to Windows
Integrated Security requests from the server and the connection fails.

Solution: Disable Windows Integrated Security on a resource required to
be accessed internally by ColdFusion. The Security settings in IIS can
be configure as broadly as an entire website or as narrowly as a
specific directory or even individual file. Thus you can disable this
setting on the specific file without opening up the entire website.