CF8 install on IIS7 - where to put CF admin ?

[strix_uralensis]

Hi, I've been asked to install CF8 on IIS7 production server which will be hosting several sites.

I got a box with Win server 2008 64bit & IIS 7. There was already a folder D:\inetpub\vhosts\ where all the sites will eventually go.

So I installed CF8 as C:\CFusion8 (default) but I wasn't quite sure where should I put the ColdFusion Administrator.

There was info on the installer screen that it should go to a place which is already configured as an IIS site, so I put it in D:\inetpub\vhosts\DefaultSite instead of the default C:\CFusion8\wwwroot.

Is that correct or not ?

Frankly, I don't know what the "DefaultSite" in IIS is, I've been using only standalone CF or CF on Apache so far.

Everything works so far, but I'm wondering: Is this setup OK or is better to change it and put the admin somewhere else ?

Thanks for any info on this.

[Guest]

Hi,
Confirm this thing first, If you are using IIS7 on Windows 64 bit and you want to build connector with CF, Is your CF is 32 or 64 bit. IF 64 bit then is fine and if it 32 bit then you have to make IIS 7 32 bit to make a connector between the IIS and CF.
You have to put CFIDE here D:\Inetpub\wwwroot in IIS 7.
Also http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?page=7&cid=224AA will help you

[Guest]

You can put CFIDE anywhere you want. So long as the mapping in the CF admin is correct and your virtual directory in IIS maps to that location.

Though, I'd put some NTFS privs on /cfide/administrator as an extra layer of protection for people trying to access said admin.