This is called Distributed Mode. The following article, although for CF6, is basically what you need to do. http://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/administration/cfmx_in_distributed_mode/index.html
Andy 2008/12/9 Andrew Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a client who insists on separating the web server from the application > server, putting them on different physical servers. This is because they say > it's more secure as the app server has no access to/from the internet. Their > current servers are set up this way but I can't figure out how they have iIS > and ColdFusion set up with IIS on one server and ColdFusion on the other. > > Are there any actual security advantages to doing this? I'm not sure if they > are just following general "best practices" that aren't applicable in this > instance or if they know something about ColdFusion security that I don't > know. > > Also, I can't find any information on how to install IIS on one computer but > have ColdFusion on another. If anybody can quickly explain that to me or > point me to an article on how to do that I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks, > - Andrew. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
