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CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION 10
Using the ColdFusion Administrator
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Gateway Instances page
The Gateway Instances page lets you configure ColdFusion event gateway instances to direct events from various
sources to ColdFusion components (CFCs) that you have written. The following table describes the settings:
Security section
The Security section of the Administrator lets you configure the security frameworks of ColdFusion.
For more information on security, see “
Administering Security
” on page 110.
Administrator page
Use the Administrator page of the Administrator to enable and disable password-restricted access to the
Administrator, and to change the Administrator password. Restrict ColdFusion Administrator access to trusted users.
You can also configure all users to use a single ColdFusion Administrator password or allow only users defined in the
User Manager and the root administrative user to have access to the ColdFusion Administrator.
FMS Gateway
Modifies data through the ColdFusion application or the Flash client, and reflects the change in the
Flash Media Server shared object.
SMS
Used to send and receive SMS messages.
SAMETIME
Used to send and receive instant messages through Lotus SameTime.
XMPP
Used to send and receive instant messages through the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
(XMPP).
Samples
Sample gateway types, including the following:
•
DirectoryWatcher
Watches a directory for file changes.
•
JMS
Acts as a Java Messaging Service consumer or producer.
•
Socket
Listens on a TCP/IP port.
Option
Description
Gateway ID
A name for the event gateway instance. You use this value in the ColdFusion
GetGatewayHelper
and
SendGatewayMessage
functions.
Gateway Type
The event gateway type.
CFC Path
The absolute path to the listener CFC that handles incoming messages.
Configuration File
(Optional) Configuration file, if necessary for the event gateway instance.
Startup Mode
The event gateway startup status, as follows:
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Automatic
Start the event gateway when ColdFusion starts.
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Manual
Do not start the event gateway with ColdFusion, but allow starting it from the Gateway
Instances page.
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Disabled
Do not allow the event gateway to start.
Gateway type
Description