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Server monitor will stop working in 2021?

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
December 10, 2020
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Hi

I have Coldfusión 2016 and currently it has a server monitor, in the browsers it tells me that from this year I will no longer be able to use Flash, will this affect my coldfusión or only the monitoring?

Do I have alternatives other than flash?

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BKBK

Community Expert

Hi @Viridiana98A5 ,

Flash, Server Monitor and ColdFusion 2016 are either out or on their way out. In the months to come, more and more things will either break or be phased out. With continued impact on the service you provide. Of that you can be sure.

I made the following suggestion in a similar discussion on Flash, Server Monitor and ColdFusion 2016. Consider moving from ColdFusion 2016 to ColdFusion 2021. Especially if you provide a vital service.

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carl type3

Legend

Hi,

While I think you should not be running CF2016 due to its end of life status, you could try https://glowroot.org/ as an alternative to the old flash server monitor.

Hope that helps, Carl.

71066140

Participant

Hi Carl,

It's seems simple and useful it is, very thankful!

Thanks for the support.

JSG

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carl type3

Legend

@ 71066140 Glad that works out for you.

@ Charlie - I am wondering do you think folks would be interested in a Meetup topic Monitoring CF, saying whats out there (PMT, FR, JMC etc) then doing a run thru on glowroot?

Regards, Carl.

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Dave Watts

Community Expert

This only affects the monitoring app, which is separate from CF. I really doubt there will be any alternatives for Flash. I recommend you keep an old browser around that will be able to run Flash (maybe IE 11).

Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC

71066140

Participant

Hi, It's really incredible that Adobe doesn't has a solution for all companies that use CF 2016 and the monitoring app died without an alternative.

Nobody knows a solutions for us, please, we need a solutions.

Charlie Arehart

Community Expert

There are solutions, which you can build or buy:

First, I offered existing alternatives above that you could buy/try/use immediately.
As for your concern regarding Adobe's efforts, again they stopped supporting cf2016 with its final update in March 2021, which is 5 years after its release, as is standard and documented practice for cf versions. You should not expect them to create a solution for you. Indeed, you should not remain on cf 2016, as once new updates come out for cf2018 and 2021 you will now behind and unable to get those updates. Such updates nearly always incorporate security fixes in addition to bug fixes, etc.
Finally, if you're adamant to remain on cf2016 despite the risk, and you don't want to pay for the alternatives I offered, then you can absolutely build your own monitor. Everything that the cf server monitor did could be done via code you or others would write, by calling the cf admin api. The servermonitoring.cfc and its many methods would give anything the cfsm did, and you can build it using any sort of ui you prefer.

Of course, that's a lot of work, and many will find it more economical and practical to just buy one of the alternatives I listed above. But if you or others wanted to create an open source solution based on the admin api, you may find an audience of like-minded folks.

Does that help?

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)

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