How access ColdFusion Administrator?

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November 8, 2007
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Hello. After 5 years away from programming, I now have a CF contract, and am trying to get up to speed in CF again. I still have nothing later than CF version 5, which I have just installed on three of my computers.

How do I bring up Cold Fusion Administrator?

I am unable to find any instructions as to how to do that in Using ColdFusion 5 Studio published by Macromedia (I realize that's Studio, not the server product), nor in O'Reilly's Programming Cold Fusion. My 'Developing Applications with CF 5', published by Allaire, says to select Start>Programs>ColdFusion Server>ColdFusion Administrator. However, on all three computers all I have is Start>Programs>Macromedia ColdFusion 5> ColdFusion Performance Monitor.

Thanks for your help!

Peyton

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PeytonTAuthor

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Although I marked localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/ as the correct answer, I should point out that I never actually tried that. Once I knew to look for 'cfide/administrator', I would put dragging that directory wherever I pleased, and entered the appropriate url.

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cf_dev2

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> http://localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/

Does CF5 even come with a built-in web server? I know MX6 did, but I can't remember whether CF5 does or not.

Is CF5 the version you'll be using on your contract? If not, I would suggest installing a later version like MX7 (or CF8 if that's what the client is using). There are some large differences between those versions. So if the client is using MX you might be better off starting with it instead of CF5.

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cf_dev2

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PeytonT,

I don't think CF5 comes with a built-in webserver. Stupid question, but did you install one? Installing ColdFusion Server in Windows

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paross1

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CF5 did not come with a built-in web server, so he'll have to install one. I'd have to agree with you, however, and recommend installing MX 7 or 8 developer version, since they are free and come with a web server...... and the new versions are still supported. I wouldn't bother with CF5, even just to play around, since free and superior alternatives exist.

Phil

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Anonymous

If you're talking about a local machine, try this:

http://localhost:8500/cfide/administrator/

That is generally the default location. If you're talking about a remote machine, replace localhost with the IP.

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