Macromedia Studio 8 [Electronic resources] : Training from the Source نسخه متنی

Installing ColdFusion

In order to test our ColdFusion code on your local machine, you'll download and install the ColdFusion application server.

The installer is a large file. Depending on your operating system, it could be more than 200MB. Downloading should be done over a high-speed connection.

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It's possible to install ColdFusion as a single server, as part of a cluster of servers (used for sites with heavy traffic), or as part of a J2EE package. For simple learning and page-testing purposes, the default single-server edition is the right choice.

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ColdFusion is an application server; that is, its purpose is to process ColdFusion Markup Language. It's not intended to handle all the duties of a full-fledged Web server (that is, a server that interacts with Web clients such as browsers over the HTTP protocol). If you already have a Web server running, such as Microsoft IIS or Apache, you can install ColdFusion so that it ties into the existing server (in a production environment, this is the only way to install ColdFusion). If you don't have an existing server in your testing environment, you can install ColdFusion as both an application server and a Web server. Assuming that you don't have a Web server already running on your computer, you can choose this option so that you at least have a fully functional testing solution.

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Enter the same password for both the Administrator and RDS passwords. You should never use the same password on a production server, but for our purposes it doesn't matter and will make it easier to remember when we need it later.

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The Configuration Wizard will complete the installation and launch the ColdFusion Administrator page in your default browser. You can close it for now. We'll log into the Administrator to configure other settings in Lesson 14.