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Anonymous
June 4, 2008
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Server Error - Macromedia application server(s) are unreachable

  • June 4, 2008
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For my test environment, I've got a ColdFusion 8 instance running on Windows 2003 Server. Everything was fine until I rebooted the server. Then I started getting an error message:

quote:
Either the Macromedia application server(s) are unreachable or none of them has a mapping to process this request.


My first thought was an application mapping error or something happened to the .cfm mappings. Everything checked out fine though. So I looked in the wsconfig log files and saw this.

quote:
2008-06-04 16:54:58 jrISAPI[ 760:1048] could not initialize proxy for 127.0.0.1:51800
2008-06-04 16:54:58 jrISAPI[ 760:1048] Couldn't initialize from remote server, JRun server(s) probably down.


Something was definitely running on port 51800 though since I could telnet to it. No clue why it couldn't initialize. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Steve
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hwy419
Participating Frequently
August 11, 2011

From what I can tell, this error displays when the web server connector exists, but JRUN (coldfusion) server is not running.

I have spent 3 days trying to repair this error message on my Windows XP CF9 Standard Edition.We had coincidentally made some network changes which I assumed right away was the culprit. When I would try and start the JRUN server manually (jrun.exe) it would fail and the log would specify an error to the effect of:

"RMI transport layer does not exists." <---- not the whole error. But it should be specific enough for someone else with the same trouble to find.

I deleted the web server connector from wsconfig.exe and tried to re-add it. Which also failed:

"Could not connect to any JRun/ColdFusion servers on host xxxxx.

Possible causes:

-Server not running:

-----Start Macromedia Jrun4 or ColdFusion 9 server

-Server running:

-----JNDI listen port in jndi.properties blocked by TCP/IP filtering or firewall

-----host restriction in security.properties blocking communication with server"

I knew then (since JRun was not running) I wouldn't be able to re-add the connector until I resolved the JRUN "RMI transport layer does not exists" error. After 2 days of unsuccessfully making sure I had done everything I could to allow the ports that JRUN needed, I was still convinced this was a port issue. I also noticed that MSSQL Express (unrelated service) was not starting either. STRANGE!!

Decided to run MalwareBytes and after a "Quick Scan", it did find a few infections. I removed the infections and MalwareBytes requested a reboot, rebooted, and VIOLA!! Working.

If your ColdFusion configuration was working (in my case for at least a year) prior to a reboot, and then suddenly can't start itself, be sure to run a scan to remove any infections. I'm assuming my infection was blocking the ports that JRun needed to startup. Good Day!!!

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Anonymous
November 9, 2011

We had the same error after upgrading from MX7 to 9.  In our case there were some virtual directories in IIS that for some reason did not receive the new CF9 mappings for the various cold fusion file extensions (.cfm, etc).  Manually setting them in IIS resolved our error.

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fargond
Participating Frequently
October 9, 2008
samunplugged, thanks for information
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samunplugged
Participating Frequently
June 11, 2008
Try this:

Stop CF Application server. And don't start it from Services panel.

Open command prompt. And then, run the bin\jrun.exe from command prompt. Run CF server from Jrun launcher window. This way you will see any important messages/error in command window.

If you dont find jrun.exe you may go to command prompt and run cfstart.bat

Sam
Adobe Certified Flash and
Advanced ColdFusion Developer
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etkilesim
Participant
November 20, 2008
Thank you very very much, samunplugged.
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Anonymous
June 11, 2008
Unfortunately, that did not work. I tried rebooting the server, restarting IIS, restarting ColdFusion, checking the bootstrap config to make sure the ports were set up properly, checked permissions, and just about everything else I could think of. Eventually I just uninstalled and reinstalled ColdFusion.

Thanks.
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Anonymous
June 11, 2008
Restart IIS (World Wide Web Publishing Service) when this happens. That'll restart the connector and you should be set.
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