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[markm75]

I've been trying to get coldfusion 8 installed on our production 2003 IIS box.. but so far i havent had any luck...

Here is how i have done the setup so far..

I ran the installation, installing everything except the bottom check box (i forget what that one was called.. eds or rds etc)...

I have a custom install.. ie: the setup files are placed on d :\ data \coldfusion.

The IIS instance is already created before hand.. which points to d: \data \inetpub \Instance01 I also set the instance in IIS to .net 2.0 etc...

In the installer when it asks about pointing to c: \inetpub, i change this to d: \data \inetpub \Instance01 and choose the Instance01 instance (not installing to all instances)..

It then says it will install everything including the ODBC service..

We have tcp/ip filtering on the nic, so i added port 51800 to the list.. we also have windows firewall on, i added this port here as well...

At the end it usually fails.. complaining about port 51800 not being open despite having it open.

If i try to open the admin page from instance01.domain.com /CFIDE/ administrator/index.cfm I get the usual page cannot be displayed error..

If i try to run D:\Data\ColdFusion8\runtime\jre\bin\javaw.exe manually.. at the end it says:

Could not connect to any JRun/ColdFusion servers on host localhost.
Possible causes:
o Server not running
-Start Macromedia JRun4 or ColdFusion 8 server
o Server running
-JNDI listen port in jndi.properties blocked by TCP/IP filtering or firewall
on server
-host restriction in security.properties blocking communication with server


This is the same error i get if i try to open the web configuration tool.. no jrun servers are listed.. it complains about none being found to make sure the coldfusion service is started.. which it is..

I also noticed the wildcard dll isnt listed in the config of the IIS instance (like it is on our development server).. i tried adding it here, with no luck..

I also noticed that extensions like CFM arent listed either.. i tried just adding this one and had no luck, though perhaps i should have added all of them then reran install?

I also noticed that under the Instance01, where CFIDE is located, that it doesnt show up with the application symbol as it does on our development server...

I'm new to coldfusion, just mainly an admin trying to get the install working so our developers web page can work..

Any thoughts on what i should do here to make this run?


Thanks in advance..

[WingedPanther]

Have you tried installing to the default locations? I've done the exact situation you're talking about, only using default locations for all options. The result was seamless. It's possible that there's an issue with the directories, rather than with the ports.

[markm75]

WingedPanther said:

Have you tried installing to the default locations? I've done the exact situation you're talking about, only using default locations for all options. The result was seamless. It's possible that there's an issue with the directories, rather than with the ports.

On our development server, i had done the install to the C drive, while the inetpub was in fact on D..

The problem is, this dedicated offsite server has very little free space on C (about 4GB, so i'm hesitant to put anything more on there as of yet).. perhaps ill try to squeeze it on once to see if makes a difference.

[markm75]

I did a few more installs.. none of the default ones worked.. but what seemed to allow the installation and thing to work (admin page at least), no errors at the end of setup.. was turning off the tcp/ip filtering on the nic card..

I had opened up port 51800 as it said (saying it was blocked before).. not sure why this would still not work.. i do need to renable the tcp/ip filtering somehow..

Are there any other ports that need opened besides 51800?

Thanks

[WingedPanther]

You may need port 80 open. I would check on some of the Adobe/Microsoft forums to see if there are any other ports used.

[markm75]

WingedPanther said:

You may need port 80 open. I would check on some of the Adobe/Microsoft forums to see if there are any other ports used.

Well i turned back on tcp/ip port filtering.. it is still working, after the fact at least..

the only change i made was adding 8500 as a port (80 was already open)..