> > I have installed CF8 as a standalone server running it's own > webserver on a diffrent port 8501. My next > > task is to individually connect IIS site definitions to CF 8 as > needed which I assumen can be acheived > > by simply changing the application extensions associated with CF 6.1 > to the CF8 install directory. > > Well, not exactly. By default, CF 6.x and CF 8 use a combination of > ISAPI filters and wildcard extensions; it's not as simple as changing > file extension mappings. However, assuming that you want to have CF 6 > work with one IIS virtual server and CF 8 work with another, you can > certainly do that. Just run the web server configuration utility for > each, and map it to one IIS virtual server. You might find it useful > to turn off CF 8 while you're setting IIS up with CF 6, and vice > versa. > > > I have to say the Adobe documentation could be more clear on the > differences between standalone > > and multiserver which I do not really understand.. but here is my > stab at it.. > > > > Can I assume that you use multiserver when you want multiple > instances of CF running on the same > > instance of JRUN ? So my next question is why use this setup ? > > There are lots of reasons why you might want to run multiple > instances > of CF. Here are a couple: > > 1. You can run different versions of CF simultaneously. This is what I am trying to do ! but this is where I had the installation issues that started this thread..
I still am uneasy about not being able to get the multiserver setup to occur, maybe I am basically thick ! I get the impression that multiserver has be setup in advance that is the initial CF installation must be installed as multiserver > 2. You can map different CF instances to different applications or > virtual web servers, providing isolation so that if one fails the > others keep running. > 3. You can work around the memory allocation limitations of 32-bit > JVMs to more efficiently use the physical memory on your servers. > 4. You can cluster multiple instances to provide failover within a > single physical server. > 5. You can build applications for deployment as EAR files, which is a > nice Java standard for web applications. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
