It is not advisable to use your default cfusion instance for development. You should create another instance of cf9 and use that as your development server. The default instance should only be used to manage your instances. I personally don't know of anything preventing cfbuilder from connecting to it, but i wouldn't be surprised if there was something about the cfusion instance that prevents it.
If you make changes in your cfusion instance, then create a new instance of cf9, the changes you made to cfusion will automatically be copied to your new instance. (datasources, mappings, etc) So keep cfusion as clean as possible so you have it to deploy clean instances when you need it. On the flip side of that, be sure you install all your hotfixes before creating new instances, so that the new instances you create will also have the current patches. If you have to install a hotfix after instances are created, you have to update each instance individually as well as the cfusion instance. I put together a presentation detailing how to install multi-server. http://slidesix.com/view/Installing-Multiple-Versions-of-ColdFusion-Together Hope that helps! Daria cfgothchic.com >I am trying once again to setup the servers panel in ColdFusion >Builder and I am still running into configuration issues. > >I have ColdFusion 9.0.1 installed in a multiserver configuration such >that the default server is 'cfusion' on HTTP port 8300 and the JRun >admin server is 'admin' on HTTP port 8000 / JNDI port 2910. It is setup >with IIS 7.5 such that the default web site (c:\inetpub\wwwroot) is the >home for ColdFusion 9 and contains the CFIDE directory. > >Then, I had the ColdFusion 8 installer create an EAR file which was >deployed as a new instance through the ColdFusion 9 Instance Manager. >This new instance is named 'cfusion8' and is on port HTTP 8301. Under >IIS 7, I have two web sites representing different projects. I used the >Web Configuration tool to connect the cfusion8 instance to each of these >sites and then manually added a virtual directory called 'CFIDE' which >points to 'C:\JRun4\servers\cfusion8\cfusion.ear\cfusion.war\CFIDE'. > >Now, in CFBuilder, I have created a new server to represent the >ColdFusion 9 instance (cfusion). In the server settings, the >application server is 'JRun', the host name is [machine name], and the >webserver port is 8300. I have tried the machine name, localhost, and >ip address for the host and it does not make any difference. > >I added the RDS username and password and enabled SSL. On the remote >server settings tab, the naming port is 2910 and the CF Admin / JRun >admin username and password are entered with the document root as >'C:\inetpub\wwwroot'. Then I click Finish to close the wizard. > >At this point, I can right click on the server in the servers panel and >attempt to start it, but I shortly get a message in the console saying >that the server is not responsive. If I open the JRun management >console, I can see that the cfusion server has started, but apparently >CF Builder does not think so. > >Moving on to the ColdFusion 8 server, I attempt to create a new server >in the servers panel. The server settings are all the same with the >exception that the webserver port is now 8301. On the remote server >settings, all of the settings are the same until I get down to the >document root. I have tried using >'C:\JRun4\servers\cfusion8\cfusion.ear\cfusion.war' and I have tried >creating a dummy wwwroot folder and pointing to that. After clicking >next, I get the 'install extensions' window. It is not clear what paths >to enter here as there is no "default website" for the ColdFusion 8 server. > >Has anybody been able to successfully set this up? Is there a problem >in my multiserver installation or a problem with what I am doing in >CFBuilder? > >Thanks >-- Jeff > >-- >Jeff Chastain > >http://www.admentus.com >http://ams.admentus.com > >Admentus is a custom web based solutions provider, delivering >business software applications, systems integration, strategic >consulting, and ColdFusion application maintenance services >which allow our clients to grow their business and plan for >the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
