ACME install on local machine

[strix_uralensis]

Hi,
I've been using developer edition of CF MX7 with the built in server on my local win xp machine for a while, but I'd like to use virtual hosts, so I installed apache + CF MX7 on my laptop following the ACME guide.

It works well, but it feels quite complex, different directory structure, all that JRun stuff etc.
It left me wondering if I really need the multiserver configuration recommended in the ACME guide - couldn't it be simplified by installing apache and single server version of CFMX 7?

All my sites are hosted with the same hosting company running CFMX7 on IIS 6, so I don't need to test locally on multiple versions or configurations of CF and I also do some Flex and Flash Remoting work and I'm wondering if the multiserver setup doesn't need some extra configuration for remoting.

Thanks for any tips on this!

[Newsgroup_User · Accepted solution]

strix uralensis wrote:
> It left me wondering if I really need the multiserver configuration
> recommended in the ACME guide - couldn't it be simplified by installing apache
> and single server version of CFMX 7?
>

I wouldn't think you would need the multi-server configuration. The
single server version will definitely work with Apache. I have no idea
why this guide would have you install multi-server whether it is needed
or not. This is the first time I have heard of it.

[strix_uralensis]

Ian, thanks for your reply.

I'll go for the single server install and will stick with it at least untill I feel more comfortable with Apache.

It's odd that the ACME guide advocates the multi-server config but doesn't offer simpler alternative. They recommend it because of the possibility to create individually configured CF instances and Java development with Eclipse and JRun. Well, certainly these are valid reasons, but I guess not for everyone.