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20 Chapter 2: Installing the Server Configuration
Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1
This section provides installation instructions for the ColdFusion MX 6.1 server configuration on
Windows and UNIX. When installing the server configuration, you have the following options:
•
New installation Select this option if you do not have ColdFusion MX on the computer or if
you have ColdFusion 4.5 or 5 on the computer.
•
Update existing ColdFusion MX
Select this option if ColdFusion MX is already installed on
the computer. You must update the existing version; ColdFusion MX and ColdFusion MX 6.1
cannot co-exist on the same computer.
Although the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installer provides an intuitive interface, it helps to plan your
answers to the questions asked by the installer:
Question Answer
All installation types
Platform-specific installer name? ______________________________________________
New installation or ColdFusion MX
update? New install | ColdFusion MX update
Planned location of new ColdFusion
MX directory? ______________________________________________
Will you configure an external web
server (such as Apache or IIS)? Yes | No
(Apache and iPlanet) Configuration
directory? ______________________________________________
(Apache) Path to server binary? ______________________________________________
If using an external web server,
location of your web root directory? ______________________________________________
ColdFusion MX Administrator
password? ______________________________________________
Upgrade from ColdFusion 4.5 or ColdFusion 5
Co-exist or upgrade? Co-exist | Upgrade
Location of existing ColdFusion 4.5
or 5 directory ______________________________________________
If using the built-in web server, what
port number will you use? The default
is 8500. You don’t typically change
this. ______________________________________________
Update from ColdFusion MX
Location of CFIDE directory?
(The update install renames your
existing CFIDE and cfdocs
directories to CFIDE_old and
cfdocs_old.) ______________________________________________