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How to upgrade Coldfusion 9.0.0 to 9.0.2

  • October 15, 2013
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Do I first need to upgrade to 9.0.1 and then to 9.0.2 or can I go directly from 9.0.0 to 9.0.2? Or is 9.0.2 a fresh install?

Thanks,

Dave

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    Correct answer pete_freitag

    Hi Dave,  The topic of 9.0.2 can be kind of confusing it takes some background to explain, Charlie Arehart wrote up a good overview about it here: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/8/19/understanding_ColdFusion_9.0.2_a_FAQ

    9.0.2 is a fresh install, it is not really meant to be an upgrade from 9.0.0 or 9.0.1. 9.0.2 was created becuase Adobe stopped licensing the Verity Search engine, so in order to have a download for 9.0.x on their site they needed to do this.

    If you are currently running 9.0.0 and do not need Verity, then you might find it easiest to install a fresh 9.0.2, but if you want to just upgrade what you have, then I would just install 9.0.1, then Cumulative Hotfix 4 (CHF4), then the additional security patches not included in CHF4. If you install 9.0.2 there will also be security hotfixes to install, and a Cumulitive Hotfix.

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    Pete Freitag

    Foundeo Inc. - Makers of HackMyCF & FuseGuard

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    pete_freitagCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    October 15, 2013

    Hi Dave,  The topic of 9.0.2 can be kind of confusing it takes some background to explain, Charlie Arehart wrote up a good overview about it here: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/8/19/understanding_ColdFusion_9.0.2_a_FAQ

    9.0.2 is a fresh install, it is not really meant to be an upgrade from 9.0.0 or 9.0.1. 9.0.2 was created becuase Adobe stopped licensing the Verity Search engine, so in order to have a download for 9.0.x on their site they needed to do this.

    If you are currently running 9.0.0 and do not need Verity, then you might find it easiest to install a fresh 9.0.2, but if you want to just upgrade what you have, then I would just install 9.0.1, then Cumulative Hotfix 4 (CHF4), then the additional security patches not included in CHF4. If you install 9.0.2 there will also be security hotfixes to install, and a Cumulitive Hotfix.

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    Pete Freitag

    Foundeo Inc. - Makers of HackMyCF & FuseGuard

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    illiquent
    Participating Frequently
    October 15, 2013

    Hi,

    I've got a similar issue, and of course the Adobe documentation is confusing, incomplete, and overall the worst I have ever seen.I'm trying what seems would be a basic CF setup. I've done this before, but that was before Adobe had 3(?) versions of CF 9.

    1. Which installer is 9.0.2 64 bit? URL please to the download. Adobe couldn't have made it more confusing.

     

    2. Running IIS 7.5, should I go with the 64 bit version or 32 bit version?

    3.  Why are there three versions? Do I have to install 9.0.0 and then 9.0.1 and then 9.0.2.

    4.   Is there one document that tells WHICH order, and WHICH specific installers need to be run?

    5.  Are the hotfixes and updates included in the 9.0.2 full installer? (that would make sense so my guess is no)

    6. What else needs to be done to get CF to install? I ran the web config tool but still no luck.

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    Hi Dave,  The topic of 9.0.2 can be kind of confusing it takes some background to explain, Charlie Arehart wrote up a good overview about it here: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/8/19/understanding_ ColdFusion_9.0.2_a_FAQ

    *  yeah. Adobe really messed this up. I hope someone got fired. (PM of the CF team would be a good start)

    9.0.2 is a fresh install, it is not really meant to be an upgrade from 9.0.0 or 9.0.1. 9.0.2 was created becuase Adobe stopped licensing the Verity Search engine, so in order to have a download for 9.0.x on their site they needed to do this.

     

    * Where is the link to the 9.0.2 64 bit installer? How can I be sure I have the right one? (win 64 bit)

     

    If you are currently running 9.0.0 and do not need Verity, then you might find it easiest to install a fresh 9.0.2

    , but if you want to just upgrade what you have, then I would just install 9.0.1, then Cumulative Hotfix 4 (CHF4), then the additional security patches not included in CHF4. If you install 9.0.2 there will also be security hotfixes to install, and a Cumulitive Hotfix.

    * .good grief.are those steps required if you do a fresh install of 9.0.2?

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    What other steps must be taken to get it working on IIS 7.5

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    Can someone point me to some documentation on how to install CF 9 on IIS 7.5 Windows 2008 R2?

    Apparently, running the installer and web config tool isn't good enough. I've seen lots of folks having diffin culties with this. I tried the basic method, I tried the complicated lock down method (suggested since CF now is just garbage when it comes to having "flaws").  Surely there is one installer with a set of instructions that actually works.

    What am I missing in IIS? What steps are not included in Adobe's docs?


    Why has Adobe failed so miserably? and how can I INSTALL COLDFUSION ON IIS.

    pete_freitag
    pete_freitag
    Participating Frequently
    October 15, 2013

    Thanks very much. I'll review the steps you list see how it goes.

    I am re-reading the lockdown guide you wrote, and more than likely will be signing up for a foundeo account soon.

    I know I've bought a couple of your books in the past, and should probably do so again.

    Adobe should give you a cash bonus. Without users like you to help, people would abandon CF

    Thanks


    Thanks I appreciate the kind words :)

    I wasn't going to toot my own horn too much but since you mentioned our service, I'll chime in that once you install 9.0.2 you can just connect with the HackMyCF probe to see which hotfixes and security hotfixes you are missing. It will give you a nice listing in order with dates and links to each one.

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