1. Installing Coldfusion Under Linux Mid-Michigan Coldfusion User’s Group, Nov. 2002

2. Installing Coldfusion MX Much easier than previous versions Coldfusion MX is MUCH more stable under Linux than previous versions No longer need an intimate knowledge of C++ and Apache Modules to install Can be installed from the console or any other shell login

3. Things you need to know: Is Coldfusion already installed? Coldfusion Serial Number (or eval) Installation Directory Web server you plan to use –Internal JRun Web server (Port 8500) –Apache 1.x or 2.x –IBM Websphere

4. Things you need to know: User your web server is running as Coldfusion Admin / RDS Password Examples and CFDocs install?

5. If you plan to use Apache You need to know the location of : –Apache config. (httpd.conf) –Web server document Root. –Apache Binaries Location (httpd) –Stop/Start script for Apache

6. Install Demo

7. Things to keep in mind… Linux as well as UNIX are Case Sensitive. –This could mean that your ported web applications don’t work the first time. http://localhost/myPage.cfm and http://localhost/mypage.cfm are different! http://localhost/myPage.cfm http://localhost/mypage.cfm http://localhost/myPage.cfm http://localhost/mypage.cfm –Application.cfm MUST have a capitol A, and the rest lowercase. –Links to /CFIDE/ should be caps. /cfide/ may work, but has been known to be buggy.

8. Things to keep in mind… Permissions! –Try to always upload files as the web server account. If the web server or Coldfusion cannot read the file, it won’t execute it! Directory Separators –When using “System Functions”, remember that ‘\inetpub\wwwroot\’ doesn't exist. Rather, you must use /inetpub/wwwroot/

9. Where to find help Linux Issues : –#linux on EFnet (irc.prison.net) –http://www.tldp.org/ (The Linux Documentation Project) http://www.tldp.org/ –http://www.linuxcentral.com (Buy Books) http://www.linuxcentral.com –The “Man Pages” Type “man ” from any Linux Shell Prompt to read that program’s manual.

10. Where to find help Macromedia’s Website : –http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion –http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/ http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/