Can't install CF9(dev) over XAMPP

[WolfShade]

Hello, everyone.

First time in this forum.  I've never installed CF Server before.

I'm trying to install CF9 Developer over XAMPP Apache, and I'm getting an error.

SYSTEM:

Windows XP / SP3; 1Gig RAM; PLENTY of hd space

XAMPP 1.7.7 (Control Panel 2.5) installed to D:\xampp (D:\xampp\apache\conf and D:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe for config directory and bin - I have no room on C:\ for this)

XAMPP is running fine, Apache starts with no problem, although I cannot restart - apparently, if Apache stops, something else jumps in and takes port 80.

Going through the CF9 installation, everything is smooth until I get to the part where I set the Apache connector.  When I click 'OK', I get the error message:

"Adobe ColdFusion 9 does not support this version of Apache.. (blah blah blah)" 

Apparently, the CF9 installer thinks I'm using an older version of Apache.  The XAMPP I'm using has Apache 2.2.21, which I believe is supported.

Has anyone else run across this problem?  Does anyone know of a workaround, for this?

Thanks,

[WolfShade]

Has anyone, here, ever even attempted to install CF9 in such a way that it will work with Apache?

Thanks,

^_^

[Charlie Arehart]

Wolfshade, CF absolutely supports Apache, on both Windows and Linux. See the corresponding sections on that in the CF Installation manual, labeled “Configuring Apache web server“ in the sections on Windows (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Installing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cdec18a15-7ffb.html ) and Linux (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Installing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cdec18a15-7ff0.html).

As for why no one replied to your earlier post, I can only guess that perhaps it’s because you mentioned running on XAMPP. There may be fewer people here who run that (I don’t, so cannot help).

Still, perhaps it has nothing to do with that packaging, so do check out the Install manual (I realize that sometimes people don’t even know there is an install manual).

Finally, if perhaps your issue IS connected to your use of XAMPP, a search of ColdFusion XAMPP turns up various resources with specific details, or at least those who wrote them may be able to help if still no one steps up here.

Hope that’s helpful.

/charlie

[WolfShade]

Hi, Charlie.

Thank you for your reply.

So far, I have tried to install CF9 while trying to include the connector for Apache, and this is always failing.  I have not tried going through the install without the connector, then trying to set up for Apache, afterwards.  Maybe this will help.  I'll give that a shot.

But I have been reading and following the instructions for setting up the Apache connector DURING the initial installation of CF9, and it's always stopping me by saying that CF9 does not support this version of Apache.  Apparently, many, many people have been doing this successfully, and I'm stumped as to why it will not work like that, for me.

I do have a request in the comment section of a blog outlining the steps for installing CF9 with the Apache connector, asking the author to assist, explaining what is happening and my OS environment and all that.  So far, he has not suggested any fixes or workarounds (it's been a few days; I'm trying to be patient.)

When I have time, I will try your suggestion by installing CF9 without the Apache connector, then trying to reconfigure it for working with Apache.  I will report my success or failure, when I do.

Thanks, again.

^_^

[Charlie Arehart]

Good to hear, Wolfshade. I suspect that may well work better. Could be that the installer expects some things whereas the connector, being a Java app, may be able to better work with a “non-standard” (to CF) setup. Looking forward to hear how it goes.

/charlie

Re: Can't install CF9(dev) over XAMPP

created by WolfShade <http://forums.adobe.com/people/WolfShade> in ColdFusion Server Administration - View the full discussion <http://forums.adobe.com/message/4014417#4014417

[WolfShade]

Well.. I made some progress.

I installed CF9 as a standalone.  Instead of copying the CFIDE directory to the D:\xampp\htdocs folder, I just set that as the webroot during the install (I installed CF9 to D:\coldfusion9).  I followed the instructions in the first link you provided (except, there was no folder called 1 - could that be because I uninstalled IIS?) and I just put everything in the wsconfig folder.  Got the .store file made using NotePad; found the right archive and extracted mod_jrun22.so and put it in wsconfig.  Modified the http.conf file as instructed.

The Apache web server is working as it should (when I browse to my dev folder, I see the IT WORKS! text on index.html.)  But whenever I try to open a .cfm file, the browser offers to save it, instead of parsing it.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

^_^

[Dave Watts]

Can you post your httpd.conf file?

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

[Charlie Arehart]

Honestly, I don’t understand why this is proving so difficult. I do wonder about some of your “steps”. Why were you “copying the CFIDE” at all? And to “what” did you set the webroot? As for a “folder called 1”, that refers to something that would be created when you ran the web server connector (whether during install or manually afterward). You had said in the last note that you would be manually running that web server config tool. Did you do that? What “everything” did you “put in the wsconfig folder”? What made you feel you needed to create the .store file? What made you extract an archive to get mod_jrun22?

It just sounds like you’re going through a lot of hoops that don’t seem to be standard. But I don’t install CF for Apache that often. Can you clarify, are you following only the docs? Or are you perhaps using other blog entries or articles to “help” you? I’m asking sincerely. (I see Dave W has offered to look at your httpd.conf. Since he has not challenged the above, maybe I’m off track. Let’s see how he helps you.)

/charlie

[WolfShade]

I was going to copy/paste my http.conf file for Dave to look at, but

when I copied it, I noticed that everything after #JRun Settings was cut

off (I know I saved that file after putting the rest. Don't know what

truncated it.)

I put the data back, resaved and rebooted. Now, Apache won't start.

Event viewer shows an error on line 522:

JRunConfig jrun-handler .jsp .jws .cfm .cfml .cfc .cfswf .cfr

Yes, I was following instructions in the first link you provided

(Windows), and when I came across steps that didn't match what I had, I

started looking elsewhere until I found other forum/blog entries that

did match. Don't have those URL's, anymore, sadly.

Going to try to troubleshoot the line 522 error, then get back to trying

to get this all working.

Thanks to you and Dave for your input. Much appreciated.

^_

[WolfShade]

Also, when trying to run the Web Config Tool, when I clicked OK to add

the Apache connector, I got a message saying that I needed to configure

Apache for DSO. So I started looking up how to do that in XAMPP. Odd

thing, though, is that when I click OK in Web Config Tool, it does not

appear in the list of servers. I get nothing. Apparently it's not

adding the connector??

^_