CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Hi - I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf; then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. I first experienced the problem when we tried to open a PDF for viewing by using CFCONTENT - the same type error occurs. What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Any direction would be greatly appreciated - this error is affecting multiple modules of a website that is used constantly by both our customers and our internal employees. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
did you make any other changes in order to get Apache and IIS working together ? e.g. httpcfg set iplisten -i XXX.XX.XXX.X I can't imagine why that would cause vDir issues, but worth undoing if you did it just to be sure. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Curt Carpenter c...@bp-graphics.com wrote: Hi - I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf; then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. I first experienced the problem when we tried to open a PDF for viewing by using CFCONTENT - the same type error occurs. What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Any direction would be greatly appreciated - this error is affecting multiple modules of a website that is used constantly by both our customers and our internal employees. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Russ, I didn't make any other config changes like that - other than to Apache - but I've since completely removed Apache from the system. Thanks Curt did you make any other changes in order to get Apache and IIS working together ? e.g. httpcfg set iplisten -i XXX.XX.XXX.X I can't imagine why that would cause vDir issues, but worth undoing if you did it just to be sure. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
I have had Apave and IIs and CF all running together without issue,so can;t think of any other cause. If you have removed both CF and apache then that only leaves IIS itself as the cause. So you next step would be to remove and reinstall that. You can backup the IIS metabase so that you do not lose all your sites and then restore the metabase after you reinstall IIS, this is a lot easier with IIS7. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Curt Carpenter c...@bp-graphics.com wrote: Russ, I didn't make any other config changes like that - other than to Apache - but I've since completely removed Apache from the system. Thanks Curt did you make any other changes in order to get Apache and IIS working together ? e.g. httpcfg set iplisten -i XXX.XX.XXX.X I can't imagine why that would cause vDir issues, but worth undoing if you did it just to be sure. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350936 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf; then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. Have you verified that the URL in question still works? Have you tried fetching that URL using a browser on the same machine as the web server? What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Well, if there's a problem with name resolution or IIS virtual directories on the machine in question, those changes won't make a difference. As for the suspicious exception - there's nothing suspicious about it at all. CF includes quite a bit of code from Apache Java projects. That has nothing to do with the Apache web server except that it's also managed by the nonprofit Apache foundation. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, onl ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350939 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Dave, Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories must be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse to the virtual directories and see all of the files in them but IIS does not seem to want to serve them up. I can access the other server directly by setting the file name through the other server name and everything works fine. cfset filename = \\bpsbs/pdfarchive/ #(Int(URL.fn/1)*10)# kPDFs\ #URL.fn# .pdf The problem with changing everything over to this method is that on some pages I also use the embed tag to directly embed the PDF in the page so it shows along with some other text and form buttons, etc. When I use the embed tag with the file name built using a direct reference to the server it does not display. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is going to be to re-install the server from a backup from last week. The data is on another drive so I won't lose anything except a lot of down time and hours spent doing it. Thanks Curt I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs. FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www. mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics. com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. Have you verified that the URL in question still works? Have you tried fetching that URL using a browser on the same machine as the web server? What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org. apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Well, if there's a problem with name resolution or IIS virtual directories on the machine in question, those changes won't make a difference. As for the suspicious exception - there's nothing suspicious about it at all. CF includes quite a bit of code from Apache Java projects. That has nothing to do with the Apache web server except that it's also managed by the nonprofit Apache foundation. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, onl ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350941 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Dave, Have you checked the permissions on the folder the Virtual Directory points to? Is directory security in IIS on the Virtual Directory set to Enable anonymous access with an account that has Windows permissions on that remote folder, or does each user that connects to your site use NT permissions that grant them access to that remote folder? -Carl Dave, Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories must be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse to the virtual directories and see all of the files in them but IIS does not seem to want to serve them up. I can access the other server directly by setting the file name through the other server name and everything works fine. cfset filename = \\bpsbs/pdfarchive/ #(Int(URL.fn/1)*10)# kPDFs\ #URL.fn# .pdf The problem with changing everything over to this method is that on some pages I also use the embed tag to directly embed the PDF in the page so it shows along with some other text and form buttons, etc. When I use the embed tag with the file name built using a direct reference to the server it does not display. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is going to be to re-install the server from a backup from last week. The data is on another drive so I won't lose anything except a lot of down time and hours spent doing it. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350942 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Whoops. That was supposed to be directed to Curt, not Dave. My bad. -Carl Dave, Have you checked the permissions on the folder the Virtual Directory points to? Is directory security in IIS on the Virtual Directory set to Enable anonymous access with an account that has Windows permissions on that remote folder, or does each user that connects to your site use NT permissions that grant them access to that remote folder? -Carl Dave, Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories must be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse to the virtual directories and see all of the files in them but IIS does not seem to want to serve them up. I can access the other server directly by setting the file name through the other server name and everything works fine. cfset filename = \\bpsbs/pdfarchive/ #(Int(URL.fn/1)*10)# kPDFs\ #URL.fn# .pdf The problem with changing everything over to this method is that on some pages I also use the embed tag to directly embed the PDF in the page so it shows along with some other text and form buttons, etc. When I use the embed tag with the file name built using a direct reference to the server it does not display. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is going to be to re-install the server from a backup from last week. The data is on another drive so I won't lose anything except a lot of down time and hours spent doing it. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350943 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
Thanks for your thoughts. I am pretty sure that the IIS virtual directories must be the problem. I can go into IIS and browse to the virtual directories and see all of the files in them but IIS does not seem to want to serve them up. I can access the other server directly by setting the file name through the other server name and everything works fine. Do you have multiple virtual servers on the same machine? If so, maybe traffic is going to the wrong one. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am afraid my next option is going to be to re-install the server from a backup from last week. The data is on another drive so I won't lose anything except a lot of down time and hours spent doing it. I doubt you'll have to do that - IIS problems are usually pretty easy to fix. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350944 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
also check that the user CF is running under still has access to the network paths. check the coldfusion service and see what user it runs as. now login as as that user and make sure he can access the network paths you point to in the vdirs. Russ ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350945 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
If the error says can't determine type then perhaps Apache is missing that setting telling it how to handle pdf's? On May 1, 2012 11:08 AM, Curt Carpenter c...@bp-graphics.com wrote: Hi - I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf; then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. I first experienced the problem when we tried to open a PDF for viewing by using CFCONTENT - the same type error occurs. What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Any direction would be greatly appreciated - this error is affecting multiple modules of a website that is used constantly by both our customers and our internal employees. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350946 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
If you have removed apache you should not see this error message *An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. * Which means you must now be getting a different error now. I would be looking at the mime types and see if they are all correctly set up. Normally when one sees the message can't determine file type is a mime issue. But it also might be something to do with PHP, the exception that is being thrown is to do with the VFS or Virtual File System so if you say you removed Apache then I am betting that PHP is screwed up. But as you said you tried with cfcontent I am guessing it might be a mime issue or even a permission issue. -- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/108193156965451149543 On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Curt Carpenter c...@bp-graphics.com wrote: Hi - I have an application that has been working fine for over a year and now anything that references Virtual Directories no longer functions. Here are the details: Coldfusion is running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. Using IIS6 for the web server on the same box. I have several virtual directories setup that reference files on another server on the same network. What I did to break things... I installed Apache (the latest release) along with PHP - but I set Apache up to listen on a different port (8080). Suddently any part of my code that tries to reference a file that is found through a virtual directory generates the following error: An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. Here's the actual code that generated that error: cfset filename = http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs\137485.pdf; then within a table... cfif FileExists(#filename#) tdYes File/td cfelse tdNo file/td /cfif The serverpdfs is the virtual directory inside the website mybp-graphics.com. If I look in IIS the directory is there, I can see all the files in it - it seems to be working fine. I first experienced the problem when we tried to open a PDF for viewing by using CFCONTENT - the same type error occurs. What is especially suspicious is that the exception was was org.apache.commons.cfs.FileSystemException - This error still persists even though I have done the following: 1. Completely de-installed Apache and hid the PHP directory. 2. Re-installed ColdFusion from scratch. Any direction would be greatly appreciated - this error is affecting multiple modules of a website that is used constantly by both our customers and our internal employees. Thanks Curt ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF9 no longer recognizes virtual directories on IIS after install of Apache
If you have removed apache you should not see this error message *An error occurred when performing a file operation exists on file /serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf. The cause of this exception was: org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException: Could not determine the type of file http://www.mybp-graphics.com/serverpdfs/130kPDFs/137485.pdf;.. * Actually, no. Apache Commons VFS is included in CF 9.x. It has nothing to do with Apache HTTPD. It's a Java library, and CF uses it to talk to ... filesystems (big surprise there, I guess!) Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
With a rewrite rule, if rewriting from /somesite/foo.cfm to /foo.cfm, 'somesite' will *not* appear in your cgi.script_name variable (you will see '/foo.cfm'). You can however pass the value to the request as a url parameter, e.g. /somesite/foo.cfm - /foo.cfm?site=somesite (or some other scheme that you may come up with) HTH Dominic On 6 December 2010 21:43, Rick Root rick.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Well if each site is different and have its own files then you need a unique URL and a folder in which to store the files, so I can't see how you can avoid either a real or a virtual directory. However if every site uses the same codebase, then you could use some url rewriting to allow your code to handle the different sites. Each site uses the same code base, and tt already handles it because I currently use 12,000 virtual directories that point back to the code base in the web root. The code itself gets the site information from the name it finds in the cgi SCRIPT_NAME variable. Here's an example: www.classcreator.com/Saline-MI-1990 I was thinking about using ISAPI Rewrite, as suggested by someone else, but I'm afraid that would actually cause the site name Saline-MI-1990 to be invisible to Coldfusion (would it still be part of the cgi.script_name?) Rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Virtual Directories and IIS
I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web sites, each of which uses a virtual directory that refers to the web root www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1 www.mydomain.com/mywebsite2 etc Some of these sites end up buying domains and they just end up going to www.mywebsite1.com .. but the virtual directory still works. So yeah, we've got 12,000 virtual directories (back in the old days, we actually had 2,000 physical subdirectories with 2,000 identical copies of the files, so the virtual directory method was a vast improvement) that being said, I'm having problems getting my dot net calls to work (a topic for another thread) but this got me thinking.. is there a better way? Could I somehow have a catch-all virtual directory that would prevent me from having to create unique virtual directories for every site? like, in the case www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1/foo.cfm, if there ws no /mywebsite1/ physical directory, then look for foo.cfm in the web root.. but do not REDIRECT (because we rely on /mywebsite1/ being in the URL so we know which site they're accessing) rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Not sure if this helps, but a simple custom 404.cfm would work. Update the Custom Errors in IIS, create a custom 404.cfm page that looks in a DB for the missing/unfounded URL. For instance you could place in the DB MyWebSite1 will map to www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1, then do a cfLocation in the 404.cfm file to the real URL. We do this with a lot of success. Makes it easy to bring on new clients without having to create those virtual directories. Again, this only works if you have access to IIS/Web Server custom errors. If you need more info, just ask! Brian -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:44 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web sites, each of which uses a virtual directory that refers to the web root www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1 www.mydomain.com/mywebsite2 etc Some of these sites end up buying domains and they just end up going to www.mywebsite1.com .. but the virtual directory still works. So yeah, we've got 12,000 virtual directories (back in the old days, we actually had 2,000 physical subdirectories with 2,000 identical copies of the files, so the virtual directory method was a vast improvement) that being said, I'm having problems getting my dot net calls to work (a topic for another thread) but this got me thinking.. is there a better way? Could I somehow have a catch-all virtual directory that would prevent me from having to create unique virtual directories for every site? like, in the case www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1/foo.cfm, if there ws no /mywebsite1/ physical directory, then look for foo.cfm in the web root.. but do not REDIRECT (because we rely on /mywebsite1/ being in the URL so we know which site they're accessing) rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339823 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Rick, What is the purpose of all these sub directories, is each site actually different? What are you actually trying to achieve. Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 18:44 To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web sites, each of which uses a virtual directory that refers to the web root www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1 www.mydomain.com/mywebsite2 etc Some of these sites end up buying domains and they just end up going to www.mywebsite1.com .. but the virtual directory still works. So yeah, we've got 12,000 virtual directories (back in the old days, we actually had 2,000 physical subdirectories with 2,000 identical copies of the files, so the virtual directory method was a vast improvement) that being said, I'm having problems getting my dot net calls to work (a topic for another thread) but this got me thinking.. is there a better way? Could I somehow have a catch-all virtual directory that would prevent me from having to create unique virtual directories for every site? like, in the case www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1/foo.cfm, if there ws no /mywebsite1/ physical directory, then look for foo.cfm in the web root.. but do not REDIRECT (because we rely on /mywebsite1/ being in the URL so we know which site they're accessing) rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Yes, each is managed and customized by different people. On Dec 6, 2010 2:18 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Rick, What is the purpose of all these sub directories, is each site actually different? What are you actually trying to achieve. Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 18:44 To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web s... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Simple rewrite rule using a rewrite ISAPI filter. Either the free Ionic one or paid for Helicon: http://www.isapirewrite.com/ http://www.isapirewrite.com/http://iirf.codeplex.com/ http://iirf.codeplex.com/Your rewrite rule might look something like (there will surely be some better regex for your use cases): RewriteRule /(+*?)/(.*)$ /index.cfm?site=$1params=$2 [I,L] or perhaps: RewriteRule ^/(+*?)/(.*)$ /$2/?site=$1 [I,L] (etc) HTH Dominic On 6 December 2010 20:19, Rick Root rick.r...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, each is managed and customized by different people. On Dec 6, 2010 2:18 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Rick, What is the purpose of all these sub directories, is each site actually different? What are you actually trying to achieve. Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 18:44 To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web s... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339836 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Well if each site is different and have its own files then you need a unique URL and a folder in which to store the files, so I can't see how you can avoid either a real or a virtual directory. However if every site uses the same codebase, then you could use some url rewriting to allow your code to handle the different sites. e.g. www.domain1.com rewrite to www.primarydomain.com/?siteid=site1 www.doamin2.com rewrites to www.primarydomain.com?siteid=site2 URL rewriting is built right into IIS7, otherwise you can use ISAPI_REWRITE Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 20:19 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS Yes, each is managed and customized by different people. On Dec 6, 2010 2:18 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Rick, What is the purpose of all these sub directories, is each site actually different? What are you actually trying to achieve. Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 18:44 To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web s... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339839 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Well if each site is different and have its own files then you need a unique URL and a folder in which to store the files, so I can't see how you can avoid either a real or a virtual directory. However if every site uses the same codebase, then you could use some url rewriting to allow your code to handle the different sites. Each site uses the same code base, and tt already handles it because I currently use 12,000 virtual directories that point back to the code base in the web root. The code itself gets the site information from the name it finds in the cgi SCRIPT_NAME variable. Here's an example: www.classcreator.com/Saline-MI-1990 I was thinking about using ISAPI Rewrite, as suggested by someone else, but I'm afraid that would actually cause the site name Saline-MI-1990 to be invisible to Coldfusion (would it still be part of the cgi.script_name?) Rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
I have done this and it works a treat, which also means I no longer need to run scripts to setup IIS VDirs anymore. I also use SES so it might be a bit different if you aren't doing this. But I always treat the first in the list for example /myvdir/foo.cfm would be myvdir as a virtual directory, then try to look it up against known clients. If it doesn't match then it must be a dir, and continue. All this info is in the url string so it is easy to work out. Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2010 5:44 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Virtual Directories and IIS I'm wondering if there's a better way to do what we're doing. Currently, we have about 12,000 web sites, each of which uses a virtual directory that refers to the web root www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1 www.mydomain.com/mywebsite2 etc Some of these sites end up buying domains and they just end up going to www.mywebsite1.com .. but the virtual directory still works. So yeah, we've got 12,000 virtual directories (back in the old days, we actually had 2,000 physical subdirectories with 2,000 identical copies of the files, so the virtual directory method was a vast improvement) that being said, I'm having problems getting my dot net calls to work (a topic for another thread) but this got me thinking.. is there a better way? Could I somehow have a catch-all virtual directory that would prevent me from having to create unique virtual directories for every site? like, in the case www.mydomain.com/mywebsite1/foo.cfm, if there ws no /mywebsite1/ physical directory, then look for foo.cfm in the web root.. but do not REDIRECT (because we rely on /mywebsite1/ being in the URL so we know which site they're accessing) rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339856 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS
Rick, If www.classcreator.com/Saline-MI-1990 is what you want CF to see then this is simply what you need to rewrite the URL to. So user requests www.saline-mi.com and gets rewritten to www.classcreator.com/Saline-MI-1990 If the vDir matchs the domain name then it should be fairly easy rules, if the vDir name has nothing to do with the domain name, then you will have to create a new rule for each site. Russ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:rick.r...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 December 2010 21:43 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: RE: Virtual Directories and IIS On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Well if each site is different and have its own files then you need a unique URL and a folder in which to store the files, so I can't see how you can avoid either a real or a virtual directory. However if every site uses the same codebase, then you could use some url rewriting to allow your code to handle the different sites. Each site uses the same code base, and tt already handles it because I currently use 12,000 virtual directories that point back to the code base in the web root. The code itself gets the site information from the name it finds in the cgi SCRIPT_NAME variable. Here's an example: www.classcreator.com/Saline-MI-1990 I was thinking about using ISAPI Rewrite, as suggested by someone else, but I'm afraid that would actually cause the site name Saline-MI-1990 to be invisible to Coldfusion (would it still be part of the cgi.script_name?) Rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339859 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
