ColdFusion Adminstrator does not launch

[Guest]

ColdFusion Administrator does not launch on a Windows 2003 Server using IIS.

[BKBK]

Start the Web server Configuration Tool (e.g. by launching the executable C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin\wsconfig.exe). "Add" the IIS webserver.

[Guest]

Unfortunately this did not work. I am using Dameware to connect to the server. When I use the actual IP address of the server I can get to CF admin. [Ex.: http://122.122.122.112/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm.Localhost]http://122.122.122.112/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm.Localhost]http://122.122.122.112/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm.Localhost and 127.0.0.1 do not work. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[emmim44]

it may be a sharin conflict

[Guest]

I am using Dameware which runs like a client enabling me to connect to the server. I am sharing a the default port address with a few web site. What may be causing a sharing conflict?

[BKBK]

> ColdFusion Administrator does not launch on a Windows 2003 Server using IIS.
> When I use the actual IP address of the server I can get to CF admin.

That would mean the directory CFIDE is now in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot

[Guest]

So, if the directory CFIDE is in c:inetpub\wwwroot should'nt I be able to launch CF admin by entering http://localhost or 127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm? The system doesn't seen to recognize the local host or 127.0.1. When I type in http://127.0.0.1/ I receive the
message in the browser "page cannot be found"

I can only get to it by using the actual IP address of the server(e.g.: http://122.122.122.121/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm.

[BKBK]

You should enter 127.0.0.1 into IIS. Follow these steps. Open the IIS Console Snap-in. Right-click on Default Web Site (or on your particular site). Select Properties. In the Web Site tab, enter 127.0.0.1 as the IP Address. Click Apply.

[Guest]

I found the answer to the issue. It was due to an IIS configuration setting. There are three possible solutions to this scenario. Adobe offers one, Microsoft offer another one and finally my third solution.

The third solution is to replace “LocalHost” with the IP address of the server.

Ex.: instead of http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm use of http://121.121.121.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm , 121.121.121.1 being the servers IP address.

In order for the IIS web server to recognize Local Host the IP address of the Default web site should be set to "unassigned". This will then enable the CF admin to be called from Start>Programs>Macromedia>ColdFusionMX7> Administrator.


Support information from Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17263

Support material from MS
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q220173

[cf101]

I tried everything that was on the forum and it does not seem to help. Actually, the problem is better defined if I say " CF MX Admin won't launch after installation. I saw another forum discussion titled just like this and tried the solution on it, but it did not work.
I went to the ADMIN TOOL Services and tried to start CF server but it gave me the following error message:

Windows could not start COldFusion Application server on local computer. For more information, review the System
Event log. If this is non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor and refer to service-specific error code 2.
Text

As an option, I also downloaded CF 7.0 and tried to install, but it did not work either.

[cf101]

The following is the error code I found in the Event Viewer:

The ColdFusion MX Application Server service for the "default" server is logging system output to C:\CFusionMX\runtime\logs\default-out.log and system errors to C:\CFusionMX\runtime\logs\default-err.log.

[Guest]

My issue was exclusively with the admin refering to the LocalHost of the MS IIS server.
Anyone of the three scenarios I refered to on 5/11corrected the issue. The message you are receiving appears to be another issue.
Are you using IIS as your web server?
Is it a MS 2003 server?
Do you have the latest Sun Java installed?