Macromedia colfusion mx 7 Manual

CHAPTER 2

Installing the Server Configuration

This chapter describes how to install and uninstall ColdFusion MX 7 in the server configuration.
The ColdFusion MX 7 server configuration contains an embedded copy of JRun and is most
similar to previous ColdFusion versions.

Note: In this chapter, cf_root refers to your installation directory. By default, this directory is
C:\CFusionMX7 in Windows, and /opt/coldfusionmx7 on UNIX.

Contents

Installing ColdFusion MX 7 using the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the ColdFusion Report Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing the Verity search server separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ColdFusion MX 7 server configuration directory structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using the built-in web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Uninstalling ColdFusion MX 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing ColdFusion MX 7 using the server configuration

This section provides installation instructions for the ColdFusion MX 7 server configuration on
Windows, Linux, and UNIX.

Before you run the installer, you should determine the answers to the questions in the section

“Gathering information necessary to install ColdFusion MX 7” on page 13