Migration CF Application to a New Server

[RickTX]

I am trying to move my CF (MX6) applcation to a new server.  The old server contains a huge list of folders and I think most of them are not even part of the CF (e.g. MyDevelopmetWork, Customers etc.).  Is there a way to find out exactly whihc folders I need to copy over?

Thnaks in advance.

[Charlie Arehart]

Rick, to be clear, none of those would be needed for CF itself. Those all sound like application directories, for whatever various sites/applications were running on the server. There's no way for CF to tell you which you used, no. There's no need to register applications in CF, so nothing you could use to say which are or are not needed.

If the server is on Windows, and you use IIS, you could at least get some value by looking at the "sites" defined on the server, which would then have a document root defined for each site, which would show which directories were used for each site. And then on top of that, there are various directories that the CF Admin might be configured to point to, for various support files. See especially the Mappings and Custom Tag Paths pages in the CF Admin.

Hope those help.

/charlie arehart

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[RickTX]

Charlie,

I have created a virtual directory and pointed files to a folder similiar to the old server but the url return "page not found."

[Charlie Arehart]

Well, that could be any number of problems, whether due to IIS configuration, a mistake in the URL you're trying, and so on.

If I were in your shoes, I'd start by opening the IIS console, find the file you're trying to browse, right-click on it and choose browse. That solves many things: since the file shows up in IIS, then you know that it exists. And when you ask it to browse the URL, you know then that it's creating a link using whatever binding has been configured for it (host header, port). If it works, compare it to what you were trying. If it fails, look at IIS to see if there are multiple bindings, and try others listed for that web site.

I don't know if that's enough to get you going, or you would need more detail. I'll hold off elaborating until then.

That said, some problems are just really hard to solve over email/forums, as we have to think of all the possible issues based on scant information, and then go back and forth. Sometimes, it's just more expedient for someone to bite the bullet and have another experienced troubleshooter "looking over your shoulders" while trying to solve things. Might take just a few minutes. Sorry if it sounds like a sales pitch. Just want you to know you have that option. I try to offer free help when I can here, and often in considerable detail, so I'm not fishing. Just saying sometimes it'll be the faster option for you. Your call.

/charlie arehart

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