Mac Server OSX index.cfm problems

[nauta]

I have installed CF 8 on Mac Server 10.5 Coldfusion works, however I have to type in index.cfm for the CF pages to come up. In the Apache config I have added index.cfm (index.html and index.php work fine). I have re-run the connector, also reinstalled CF.

How can I solve this issue?

[craigkaminsky · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I would review this blog post to ensure that you installed CF8 in the "right" way on your Mac:
http://www.trajiklyhip.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/1/14/ColdFusion-8-Apache-22x-and-OS-X-105-Leopard

I say "right" because when I installed CF8 on my Mac (about a year and a half ago), the best results I got were when I followed steps very similar to the ones outlined in the above post.

Curious: did you install CF8 as a multi-server or built-in? I've always been able to get it working on my Mac with the multi-server but recall lots of issues with the other options.

[nauta]

Craig,

Thanks for that link. The suggestion of adding handler.conf is what made it work for me!!!! I must have googled for 6 hours yesterday and I never came across that article.

The CF8.01 32bit install as stand alone (built-in) went real smooth on Mac XServe (10.5). You just have to make apached 32bit. I had previously tested it on my MacBook Pro. Because it went so well I am moving our website from Fedora with CF to Mac server with CF because I was sick of all the installation problems on Fedora Linux.

[Guest]

After having this drive me crazy for the better half of a day. I finally figured out how to make the default doc work. This line needs to be added to the https.conf file on Leopard Server running Apache 2.2.9 (32-bit because Adobe doesn't offer 64-bit for G5. That is what I spent my time figuring out the other day--how to force Apache to run in 32-bit).

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

You will find this under the Jrun settings in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file. And should be placed right after: JRunConfig Bootstrap 127.0.0.1:51020. For whatever reason the connector utility does not add in this line. Maybe it is because the 32-bit version is programmed to run with Apache 1.1.3. The 64-bit version that I installed on my Mac Pro running just desktop Leopard does indeed see the Apache 2 web server and defaults the proper configuration directory. The 32-bit one defaults to the old 1.1.3 directory. It also added the offending line in the httpd.conf file properly.

<rant>
Just some venting on my part, it blows that Adobe could not make a 64-bit version for the G5 server. By default when Leopard is installed on the G5 everything is config'd for 64-bit. So you have to "dumb" down apache and mysql to make it work right.
</rant>