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March 23, 2008
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Strugging w/ Apache 2.2 Install of CF8

  • March 23, 2008
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Hey all -

I'm struggling with a CF8 install on CentOS/Apache 2.2.3. I've been away from CF for about a year, so I'm a little rusty, but I can't track this down for the life of me. Here are the highlights of the install:

1. ColdFusion installs happily.
2. Before starting the server, I edit /opt/coldfusion8/bin/connectors/apache-connector.sh. Even though I specified the paths during install, a lingering bug doesn't properly populate the script with my paths.
3. I start ColdFusion for the first time which executes cf-connectors.sh.
4. I verify that the JRun info is inserted into my httpd.conf file. It is.
5. I restart both Apache & ColdFusion to ensure that everyone's happy. They are.

Once everything's restarted successfully, I try to load http://mysite/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm only to get a prompt asking me whether I'd like to download index.cfm. I've done about 10 reinstalls at this point and simply can't find the problem. The relevant outtake from my httpd.conf file is shown below. In addition, index.cfm was added to my DirectoryIndex list.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I can't think of anything else to try.

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5 replies

Participating Frequently
March 26, 2008
A nice tutorial. Thanks for the link.
Inspiring
March 26, 2008
I had the same issues with the Linux but anyway have a try on this also

http://gayanonline.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-install-coldfusion-8-on-linux.html
Participating Frequently
March 24, 2008
I have plan to get a MAC soon. Than I can give some more ideas. :)

Participant
March 24, 2008
Thanks, Oguz. The issue, though, is actually even stranger than that. It works properly on Safari, just not in Firefox. Here's a blog post that describes _exactly_ what I'm seeing:

http://www.mattwoodward.com/blog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=1B79EA1E-B9D7-0328-382D995A3D613FF6

For now, I'm just using Safari. Be nice to know what's going on, though.
Participating Frequently
March 24, 2008
I can not see any reason from here but I can suggest to check my simple tutorial on how CF installation runs on a Linux box.

http://www.howtoforge.com/coldfusion_installation_debian_sarge

I also suggest to check out Steven Erat's blog ( http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/) for Linux issues.