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I have been trying all day to get RDS working, so that I can run the Security Analyzer.
I've gotten over several hurdles (CFIDE was blocked, IIS wouldn't handle requests for files that don't exist, a few other things, all resulting in 404 errors). So now that I'm not getting a 404, I feel like I must be close. But I don't know what's wrong.
All I get when testing the connection is 'The HTTP request to talk to your server returned with the following message: For input string: "" '
I am using an SSL connection, but when I enable regular HTTP traffic, and don't use SSL, I get the exact same thing, so I'm fairly sure it doesn't matter.
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Tim, I realize this is a few years after you wrote here, but in case anyone else finds it, in a case like this it would be valuable to know what you would get if you made a test request in your browser, like the RDS feature in CFBuilder would. Under the covers, it tries to talk via http to /CFIDE/main/ide.cfm.
What happens if you put that path into a browser running on the same machine as your CFBuilder, using the same ip or machine name that you put in the RDS "host name" field of your RDS configuration, and using the same port as you put in the "port number" there. And of course, if you checked "Use SSL for connection", then change tour URL to using "https".
Again, this is the URL that CFBuilder (or the old CF Studio or HomeSite+ editors) would make, from within CFBuilder. So if I had configured my servername as localhost and my port as 8500, then the URL I should try is (in a browser on the same machine as my cfbuilder) should be:
http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/main/ide.cfm
The response should be a 405 "method not allowed" error. That's not bad, that's good. That confirms I AM getting to the server and the RDS feature within CF, and it's rejecting that browser's default "get" method.
If instead you get any other error (like a 404), then there's a problem that needs to be solved. Note that the problem is NOT that "there is no main/ide.cfm within the CFIDE folder". There is not supposed to be. This path is a virtual one, answered by a servlet filter (more below).
There are many things that could be amiss, causing the 404:
One last tip: if you feel that the 404 you get is not telling you enough about what's wrong, and especially if you may be using a URL going through IIS, do be sure to try that URL also on the server (running CF) itself. IIS is configured by default to not show error details and just shows a 404 to users making requests from off the server.
I know that's a lot of detail, and really I should create a blog post. I will do that at some point, perhaps adding some screenshots, etc. For now, since I was helping someone else having this same problem, and I was looking for threads discussing it, I thought I would share these thoughts here as they came to me.
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@Tim Climis : "All I get when testing the connection is 'The HTTP request to talk to your server returned with the following message: For input string: "" "
I think the cause is simple. In the RDS settings, you left an input field empty where you had to enter an integer.
In any case, let's have a look at your settings. Could you please share with the forum the RDS settings that you used when testing the connection? You can find the settings as follows.
Create a ColdFusion project in ColdFusion Builder, if you haven't yet done so. If you have, open the project in CF Builder. Ensure that you can run a test CFM page from CF Builder. That shows that your settings are OK.
Now, open the RDS Fileviewer. To do so, navigate to Window > Showview > RDS Fileview.
Click on the button to Show RDS Configuration dialog. You will get the following user interface:
Choose the appropriate server (CF2021 in my case). Share with us the RDS connection settings.
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Thanks for the ideas guys. As I recall I never did get this working. But I also switched to using vscode a few years ago now, so I'm not sure if I can even try this anymore. I might be able to try some of charlie's suggestions. Maybe I'll see in the interest of science.
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Understanable. FWIW, the next version of cfbuilder (2021)is due to be based on vs code rather than its current Eclipse basis. As such, these RDS issues will likely continue to plague folks, which is all the more reason I wanted to share what I did.
If you get to recreate the problem, great. If you see a solution, even better. If it's what BKBK proposed, I will honestly be very surprised. (The empty string in that error refers to what came *back* to the red client rather than what it *sent*.)
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@Charlie Arehart : "If it's what BKBK proposed, I will honestly be very surprised. (The empty string in that error refers to what came *back* to the red client rather than what it *sent*.) "
I don't see why you're surprised. To borrow your own words, client *sent* data to service. Service validated data and returned validation result (For input string: "" ) *back* to client.