ColdFusion MX has its own web server that you can use to develop
ColdFusion MX applications, without depending on an external web server, such
as Internet Information Server (IIS), Apache, or iPlanet. Macromedia does
not recommend using the ColdFusion MX web server in a production environment.
However, it is more than suitable for development, allowing you to create
virtual directories and set the default document (for example, default.cfm
or index.cfm).
During the ColdFusion MX installation, you must choose a web server. If you
select the Standalone server in Windows, or the Internal (Port Based) server
in UNIX, then your web root directory is located in the ColdFusion MX application
directory (the default is c:\CFusionMX\wwwroot for Windows and /opt/coldfusionmx/wwwroot
for UNIX). By default, the web server runs on port 8500. This means that to
display a page in your application, you must append :8500 to the host name
or IP address in the URL; for example, http://localhost:8500/YourApp1/index.cfm.
(If the page still does not display, make sure that the document is located
in the ColdFusion MX web root directory; for example, c:\cfusionmx\wwwroot\MyApp.cfm.)
Switching the port for the ColdFusion MX web server
You can change the default port on which the ColdFusion MX
web server runs. To change the default port for the ColdFusion MX web server:
1. Back up the jrun.xml file.
This file is in the cf_root\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF directory in
Windows, and in the cf_root/runtime/servers/default/SERVER-INF directory in
UNIX.
2. Open the original jrun.xml file for editing.
3. Change the port in the following node (near the bottom
of the file):
<service class="jrun.servlet.http.WebService" name="WebService">
<attribute name="port">8500</attribute>
<attribute name="interface">*</attribute>
</service>
4. Save the file.
5. Restart ColdFusion MX.
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