Gathering information necessary to install the server configuration

Although the ColdFusion 9 installer provides an intuitive interface, it helps to plan your answers to the questions asked by the installer. Use the following tables to help plan for installing the server configuration of ColdFusion 9.

Question

Answer

Platform-specific installer name?

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Serial number for ColdFusion?

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Type of installation?

_X_ Server configuration

___ Multiserver configuration

___ J2EE configuration

Subcomponents to install?

___ ColdFusion 9 ODBC Services

___ ColdFusion 9 Search Services

___ .NET Integration Services

___ ColdFusion 9 Documentation

___ LiveCycle Data Services ES

ColdFusion installation directory?

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Serial number for Adobe LiveCycle Data Services Enterprise Suite (ES)? (Only if you selected to install the Enterprise Edition of LiveCycle Data Services ES)

If you leave this blank, the installer installs the Express Edition. For information on upgrading to the Enterprise Edition after completing the ColdFusion installation, see the LiveCycle Data Services ES documentation.

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Configure web server or use built-in web server?

___ Configure web server for ColdFusion

___ Enable ColdFusion built-in web server

Web server to configure? (Only if you do not use the built-in web server.)

___ IIS

___ Apache

___ SunONE

___ Other

Configuration directory? (Apache and SunONE)

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Path to server binary? (Apache)

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ColdFusion Administrator password?

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Whether to enable RDS?

___ Yes

___ No

Note: RDS allows the server to interact with remotely connected developers. Adobe recommends that you disable RDS for production servers.

Disabling RDS also disables the directory browsing applets in the ColdFusion Administrator.

RDS password?

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