> 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. 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:313198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
