Topic: anyone have experience with installing coldfusion on e-smith

[Tim]

I am needing to host a coldfusion writen web app.  Macromedia has a linux version of coldfusion and my client is willing to pay for it.  I have went thru the install procedure from macromedia but it doesn't change the httpd.conf file so it doesn't work.  Has anyone else tired this and fixed the problem or am I on my own on this?

[Amir]

you need to get mod_coldfusion (put into google).

Allaire used to offer this on their website for apache.  If you cant find it then mail me and i'll send you it (although it might take a while as i have to dig it out).

Once you've added the module and added the line for the handler in your httpd.conf your set!.

Regards

Amir

[Tim]

Yes, if you could send that or post a link it would be great.    Do you know what version of Coldfusion it is for?  Does that same one work for Coldfusion MX?

[Amir]

its for  4.51 i doubt it would work for MX but then MX has a linux installer does'nt that work?? (it should have the mod in the distribution)

[pat]

I also would like to know how to get coldfusion mx to install and run correctly on version 5.5. It would save me tons of work if someone has already done this and would post the how to. Are you listening darrell or arie? Hint hint.

[Geoff]

Just installed CF 6 on e-smith. First time round, everything seems ok, there's one small addition to httpd.conf, so I put that in a custom template (template-end). Started the server, and it works.

However, if the machine gets rebooted, it will no longer serve CF pages - I've tried re-starting coldfusion and httpd but no joy. The httpd.conf is still the same, but if you try and view aCF page, you just get asked to download it.

I suspect I've missed something in the httpd.conf, and an expand-template has over-written something important... Other than that, I'm not sure if things haven't been started in the correct order on reboot or something, but I'm still investigating.

(Any input would be much appreciated)

Cheers,
Geoff

[Jon]

Im in exactly the same boat.
Ive installed cfmx, using the linux installer.
That went fine, and after I created a user cf will start up ok.

However, Ive got it setup to use the internal server, which by default is on port 8500.

How do I open this port? Ive been hunting round in the etc files and cant seem to find anything that lists open ports. Is this something I have to add to ipchains?

Secondly, cf has a script to make itself run at boot, Im sure that its modifications will get blown away by e-smith, so where do I put that?