IIS an option?

[cmmaso]

I just installed the developer edition of CF8 on my box at home (running Windows XP professional, which comes with IIS). During the install, it didn't list IIS as one of my web server options, so I ended up using the port 8500 webserver built into CF8. Which is fine, but it's kind of a pain having to type "localhost:8500" all the time when looking at my local practice site instead of just "localhost". Is there a way around having to type in the extra ":8500"? And isn't IIS supposed to be one of my webserver options?

Thanks,
Christophe

[Newsgroup_User]

cmmaso wrote:
> And isn't IIS supposed to be one of my webserver options?

Yes, many of us use it all the time.



> During the install, it didn't
> list IIS as one of my web server options, so I ended up using the port 8500
> webserver built into CF8.

Was IIS running at the time of installation?


> Which is fine, but it's kind of a pain having to
> type "localhost:8500"

Somewhere, somehow you can change what port the built-in ColdFusion
webserver listens to, but this will of course clash with IIS if it is
also trying to use the same port 80 (The default web server port).

If you want ColdFusion to run from IIS websites, you need to run the web
server (wsconfig) tool to connect a single or all IIS websites to a
ColdFusion server.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/webservmgmt_5.html#102669

[Newsgroup_User]

> but it's kind of a pain having to
> type "localhost:8500" all the time when looking at my local practice site
> instead of just "localhost".

Typing *either* is a pain. Ever heard of favourites / bookmarks?
Seriously: I have all my dev sites on my bookmarks toolbar.


> Is there a way around having to type in the extra
> ":8500"? And isn't IIS supposed to be one of my webserver options?

Yep. Run wsconfig. If it was earlier in the evening, I'd google more info
for you, but you can DIY: google "wsconfig".

--
Adam

[cmmaso]

Thanks guys - turns out the IIS Windows Component somehow got uninstalled on my box, which is why it wasn't showing as an option in the select box. :S But useful info going forward. Now if I can just get SQL 2008 Express installed and working with CF...but that's for another forum...