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Server home not provided?

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September 20, 2012
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I'm trying to configure a server in CFBuilder 2 update 1. I'm using a Server Name as localhost and Host Name as localhost. Webserver port is 8500 and no rds info. The part I'm confused about is the server home. I am using IIS so I thought that it would be c:\inetpub and document root of c:\inetpub\wwwroot but I keep getting the error server home hot provided. I'm using CF10. When I try to use c:\ColdFusion10 as a server home I get an invalid error. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? CFBuilder is completely new to me. The videos don't help either.

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Correct answer Charlie Arehart

@skinneyfat, the most common cause of this is that you didn't change "application server" field on the first page in the CFB server setup (the window labeled "Server Settings" when it opens). If the "application server" value is set to JRun, change it to "CF+Tomcat Bundle".

(And for any future readers who would say they don't see that as an option, that means you're still running CFBuilder 2.0, not 2.0.1, which added support for CF10. Skinney has said s/he is running 2.0.1.)

There have been various other threads addressing this specific challenge, and here are two links into specific messages related to this answer in two different threads: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4608853#4608853 and http://forums.adobe.com/message/4545806#4545806.

BTW, you mention being new to CFB, and the “videos” not helping. Good that you found and tried them. Did you know there is a manual for CFB also? http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusionBuilder/Using/index.html That said, it doesn’t appear to have been updated for 2.0.1, as the section on setting up a server connection (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusionBuilder/Using/WS0ef8c004658c1089-38317734121cdfd5fd3-7ffe.html) does not refer to this new cf+tomcat option.

Hope that helps.

/charlie

Charlie Arehart

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@skinneyfat, the most common cause of this is that you didn't change "application server" field on the first page in the CFB server setup (the window labeled "Server Settings" when it opens). If the "application server" value is set to JRun, change it to "CF+Tomcat Bundle".

(And for any future readers who would say they don't see that as an option, that means you're still running CFBuilder 2.0, not 2.0.1, which added support for CF10. Skinney has said s/he is running 2.0.1.)

There have been various other threads addressing this specific challenge, and here are two links into specific messages related to this answer in two different threads: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4608853#4608853 and http://forums.adobe.com/message/4545806#4545806.

BTW, you mention being new to CFB, and the “videos” not helping. Good that you found and tried them. Did you know there is a manual for CFB also? http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusionBuilder/Using/index.html That said, it doesn’t appear to have been updated for 2.0.1, as the section on setting up a server connection (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusionBuilder/Using/WS0ef8c004658c1089-38317734121cdfd5fd3-7ffe.html) does not refer to this new cf+tomcat option.

Hope that helps.

/charlie

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)

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skinneyfatAuthor

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Thank you for that reply. The problem was solved when I chose "Other" in the application server settings. All the videos I saw said to leave it as jrun which is why I did. When I switched it to other it automatically put c:\inetpub\wwwroot and now it works. But I always thought that it was looking for the CF server, not the web server. I guess that is why I was confused. Thank you for your response.

Charlie Arehart

Community Expert

OK, but I suspect the reason that you had to pick "other" and don't see "cf+tomcat" is that you're running CFB 2.0, not 2.0.1 which added CF10 support. Can you confirm? For the sake of others who may find this thread seeking a solution, if nothing else?

Also, as for why "all the videos" show leaving it is jrun, I suspect the reason is that they, too, were created for the CFB 2.0 version and had not yet been updated.

Anyway, glad to have helped. And I hope others may find this when searching for a solution to the problem. It seems to be catching a lot of people out.

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)

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