I'd say Pat is bang on the money. George, when you installed CF, you probably chose an IIS configuration.
You'll need to run wsconfig.exe - use it to disconnect cfusion from IIS, then use the same tool to connect the cluster to IIS (as Pat said). L8r On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Pat Branley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi George > > Every coldfusion instance regardless of if wether its in a cluster or > not will have a HTTP port in the 8300 range. eg. 8300 cfusion, 8301 > instance1 and 8302 instance2. This is the port for the built in web > server thats part of the coldfusion instance's libraries. > > when you create a cluster, you need a 3rd party web server like IIS or > apache to connect to your CF cluster. In this scenario its actually > the web server connector program (wsconfig) that connects to the > cluster. > > I do not beleive you can make the built in web server of a cfusion > instance serve up pages in a clustered manner they are hard-wired to > serve up cf pages using their own instance. > > This is my understanding of the situation. I normally have my servers > set up so the web server is visible outside the firewall and the the > two 8300 range web servers are running on each instance behind the > firewall. This set up lets me monitor if one of the two instances has > gone down. > > hth > > pat > > > > > > On Mar 28, 4:45 pm, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > George, > > > > I am assuming as you really didn't say, and I am no expert at this so I am > > guessing. > > > > When you log into the cfide/administrator you can control the instances and > > clustering in there, I assume this is what you are doing and not the jrun > > management console! > > > > When you create a new instance this will run from a different port, when > you > > cluster I strongly believe that it will share the port for the cluster > > (this is the bit I am not sure on). > > > > The clusters that you are trying to do, are they on the same VPS or > machine? > > Or are you creating other VPS / servers for this. I strongly recommend > > multiple VPS or machines for clustering, but not critical for development > > though. > > > > There is also another mailing list on house of fusion that is dedicated to > > Coldfusion Servers, it might pay to post on there as well. Sorry I am not > > with it, I am only guessing as I have no real experience in clustering > > Coldfusion as yet. > > > > Andrew Scott > > Senior Coldfusion Developer > > Aegeon Pty. Ltd.www.aegeon.com.au > > Phone: +613 9015 8628 > > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of George Lu > > Sent: Friday, 28 March 2008 4:28 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CF8 clustering - adding new instance > > > > What I try to say is I was intend to create a cluster for load-balancing > and > > fail over with default server cfusion. If I create a cluster with just > > instance1 and instance2 which will have different http ports such as 8301 > Is > > that mean I need to access my CF app via port 8301 not 80? > e.g.http://servername:8301/.... > > > > > On 28/03/2008, MrBuzzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry mate, I'm not completely following you on that one...? > > > > I think the answer is yes > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:42 PM, George Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thank you MrBuzzy. So can I still do load balance and fail-over with > > > instance1 and instance2 (cluster)? And can I still use cfusion as default > > > server to access my CF pages? > > > > > > On 28/03/2008, MrBuzzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi George, > > > > > > The 'cfusion' instance isn't seen in the Enterprise/Cluster Manager. > > > > > > You *might* be able to cluster cfusion and instance1 using the JRun > > > > Admin Console, but I wouldn't do it. > > > > > > Instead I'd recommend creating another instance (instance2) and then > > > > clustering that with instance1. > > > > > > The 'cfusion' instance is cloned to create other instances. So it > > > > might be a good idea to leave it in it's original state. > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM, George Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I've just installed CF8 and want to utilise the multi-server > > clustering > > > on > > > > > the same physical server. In CF Admin Instance Manager, I can see > > there > > > is a > > > > > "samples" instance already there but I can't find the default > instance > > > > > "cfusion". If I add a new instance (e.g. Instance1) I can add > > > "Instance1" to > > > > > a cluster in the Cluster Manager. As I can't find "cfusion" instance > > in > > > the > > > > > Cluster Manager, how can I add "cfusion" to the cluster which already > > > have > > > > > "Instance1" in it? > > > > > > > Please help. > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > George > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
