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November 4, 2025
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Some CF2023 Installation Questions

  • November 4, 2025
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Hi, all. I will be installing CF2023 side-by-side with CF2021 on an important server soon, and I have some questions related to my particular situation that I have not been able to answer by searching the Web:

 

  1.  In the CF2023 Administrator, in Package Manager -> Settings, there are Proxy fields at the bottom. After installing CF2023 on other servers, I find that Proxy Username (admin) and Proxy Password (*******) are already filled on first access of the page, and yet I don't know of anywhere that I specified them during CF2023 installation. Can anyone tell me what this magic password is, and where the Username/Password came from?

  2.  I'll be using the standard GUI exe installer and specifying the Server Configuration (No J2EE). Should I run the installer as administrator?

  3.  When installing CF2023 side-by-side on other machines, I was at some point offered the option to import the admin settings from CF2021. Can I expect that option every time I install CF2023 side-by-side with CF2021, or is it somehow conditional?

 

Thanks in advance for any answers.

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    Charlie Arehart
    Community Expert
    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 5, 2025

    @Dordrecht7177366, I think I can explain your point 1 differently than what you guys are suggesting. I suspect that the username and password field you see there IS NOT being populated by CF--nor from a migration, nor is it "magical". 🙂 But I understand it seems "mysterious".. And I have a suggestion for Adobe. 

     

    1) First, can you open the admin in a new private window (if in Firefox) or new incognito windows (in Chrome or Edge)? Does the "magic password" and username appear for that proxy page?

     

    If not, that proves it's not coming from cf. Instead it's your browser, and specifically I suspect it's your browser's built-in password manager--whose cache is empty by default when you open such a private/incognito window.

     

    Let us know how that test goes. I did considerable testing earlier today when I saw this thread, to confirm this from my end. It's a frequent problem for many. And there are in fact many cf admin pages with passwords, where this can happen. (And FWIW there's an xml file for each that you could also inspect to see that cf has no such current info/password., but the test above is easier) 

     

    2) Finally Ravi, here's the suggestion for you guys, which should prevent this problem. (Something has been tried, but I find it's done incompletely on some pages and not at all on this one.) 

     

    Add autocomplete="new-password" to the various admin password fields on the many admin pages asking for them.

     

    Some have autocomplete="off", which is not doing the job, while this page's password field has neither. 

     

    Of course, if the admin code DOES find a password in the neo xml file and fills that in on the page itself, that WILL be rendered despite this attribute. The problem is that the browser pw mgr autocomplete is stepping in when it's empty. (And I appreciate that this matter can be challenging to resolve.)

     

    Hope that helps both of you, and other readers. I'm open to correction or feedback. 

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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    Dordrecht7177366Author
    Inspiring
    November 5, 2025

    Hi, @Charlie Arehart . Thanks.

    I loaded the Package Manager Settings page in Edge in a "New InPrivate Window" and the username/password were still populated. There are no other browsers installed on the servers and I'm not allowed to install another. You mentioned an xml file I might check?

    Charlie Arehart
    Community Expert
    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 5, 2025

    That's certainly interesting to hear (that it would seem NOT to be about the browser). Time will tell.

    As for the file to check for THIS page, it's neo_updates.xml--such as may be in \ColdFusion2023\cfusion\lib\, or if you're running multiple instances, look in \ColdFusion2025\[yourinstance]\lib\.

     

    And FWIW, a default ("empty") one (specifically for CF2023 only) would show:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings>
    <update autocheck="false" checkinterval="10" checkperiodically="false" sendupdate="true">
        <url>https://www.adobe.com/go/coldfusion-updates</url>
        <defaulturl>https://www.adobe.com/go/coldfusion-updates</defaulturl>
        <packagesurl>https://www.adobe.com/go/cf2023_packages</packagesurl>
        <defaultpackagesurl>https://www.adobe.com/go/cf2023_packages</defaultpackagesurl>
        <notification>
		<emaillist/>
		<fromemail/>
	</notification>
    </update>
    <proxy>
        <hostname />
        <port></port>
        <username></username>
        <password></password>
    </proxy>
</settings>

    That said, don't just blindly overwrite what you may have with this. Notice all the values in the update section above the proxy section, which may well have been changed upon install or since install of your CF.

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
    RaviShankar Chagnur
    Adobe Employee
    RaviShankar Chagnur
    Adobe Employee
    November 4, 2025

    Hello Dorrecht,

     

    Please find the responses below

     

     1- In the CF2023 Administrator, in Package Manager -> Settings, there are Proxy fields at the bottom. After installing CF2023 on other servers, I find that Proxy Username (admin) and Proxy Password (*******) are already filled on first access of the page, and yet I don't know of anywhere that I specified them during CF2023 installation. Can anyone tell me what this magic password is, and where the Username/Password came from?

     

         If you do not have proxy configured for the server where you have installed ColdFusion, you can leave the fields blank . You can leave both username and Password fields blank 

     

    2 - I'll be using the standard GUI exe installer and specifying the Server Configuration (No J2EE). Should I run the installer as administrator?

     

       Yes, you need to run the installer as Administrator

     

    3- When installing CF2023 side-by-side on other machines, I was at some point offered the option to import the admin settings from CF2021. Can I expect that option every time I install CF2023 side-by-side with CF2021, or is it somehow conditional?

     

         Yes, when you install CF 2021 and CF 2023 side by side for the first time when you access CF 2023 Admin Console after installation it will detect the previous version ColdFusion settings and gives you the option for importing the settings into ColdFusion 2023 .

     

    Thanks & Regards

    Ravi

     

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    Dordrecht7177366Author
    Inspiring
    November 4, 2025

    Thank you, Ravi. The answers for questions 2 and 3 were helpful! For question 1, though, I'm not looking to ignore the proxy settings because I need them to work. I had asked, "Can anyone tell me what this magic password is, and where the Username/Password came from?" I'm still in need of these answers

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