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HunterW-s9tdOj
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November 6, 2008
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Testing Server Question (Networked)

  • November 6, 2008
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Hello,

I'm changing my development setup and need some insight. I had been running CFMX 7 on JRUN4 (on a Mac) locally as a testing server and all was well. Now I'm trying to setup my testing server on a computer I have on my local network, not on the same machine. I would think this is possible but not sure. I cannot figure out how to configure the testing server particularly the URL part for a networked computer and not http://localhost etc.,.. Again, Im on a Mac environment (10.4.11)

Ideally, I'd also like to be able to access the testing server from not just my local network but also from my home computer but that isn't as critical. Is this something I can use RDS for?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
November 8, 2008
Hi Hunter,
I was just gonna say... check your firewall settings - i had the exact
same issue , even posted here with no results, then it hit me like a
tonnabrix... doh! the firewall! sure enough, I've had nothing but
happliy-networked local-preview bliss since that day.


Michael Evangelista, Evangelista Design
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HunterW-s9tdOjAuthor
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November 7, 2008
Progress! had to add the port to the firewall. hindsight 20/20 as usual.

Thanks
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Anonymous
November 7, 2008
Hello,

The easiest thing to do would be to access the other machine by IP Address.

http://192.168.1.23/ for example.

Are you using IIS or Apache on the testing server?

You could use RDS to access the testing machine, If you are going to be moving files to it, I would suggest FTP access as well so you can ftp to the machine from outside your office.
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HunterW-s9tdOjAuthor
Participant
November 7, 2008
cfconcepts -

I'm able to access the computer via the ip. Doing so takes me to the ~/sites directory which is the root for the apache server running on that mac. But the testing server is different and runs on another port and when I try to access that, I cannot ( http://192.168.2.101:8000/) I suppose I could install cf on that apache server? I was trying to use what I was familiar with which running CF from the J2EE server (jrun4).

I haven't found many resources on getting RDS up and running, everything Ive found on the net seems outdated. If you have any resources please pass them on.

Thanks

north.dave-

thanks for your response, will look into virtual hosts!
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north_dave
Inspiring
November 7, 2008
I would look into look into possibly setting up Virtual Hosts. Maybe do a search on Google. Also you should be able to use the ip to connect to the computer you want to test on. I may be off track or this may help either way good luck.

Dave
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