Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1

This section provides installation instructions for the ColdFusion MX 6.1 server configuration on Windows and UNIX. When installing the server configuration, you have the following options:

Although the ColdFusion MX 6.1 installer provides an intuitive interface, it helps to plan your answers to the questions asked by the installer:

After running the installer, you must complete the installation process by running the Configuration Wizard. You start the Configuration Wizard by opening the ColdFusion MX Administrator. You should also plan your answers to the questions asked by the Configuration Wizard.

Question	Answer
All installation types
Platform-specific installer name?	______________________________________________
New installation or ColdFusion MX update?	New install \| ColdFusion MX update
Planned location of new ColdFusion MX directory?	______________________________________________
Will you configure an external web server (such as Apache or IIS)?	Yes \| No
(Apache and iPlanet) Configuration directory?	______________________________________________
(Apache) Path to server binary?	______________________________________________
If using an external web server, location of your web root directory?	______________________________________________
ColdFusion MX Administrator password?	______________________________________________
Upgrade from ColdFusion 4.5 or ColdFusion 5
Co-exist or upgrade?	Co-exist \| Upgrade
Location of existing ColdFusion 4.5 or 5 directory	______________________________________________
If using the built-in web server, what port number will you use? The default is 8500. You don't typically change this.	______________________________________________
Update from ColdFusion MX
Location of CFIDE directory? (The update install renames your existing CFIDE and cfdocs directories to CFIDE_old and cfdocs_old.)	______________________________________________
UNIX
Runtime user	Default is nobody (HP-UX must change this value). For security reasons, it is crucial that you do not use root for the runtime user.
Start at system startup (Solaris and RedHat Linux only)	Yes \| No

Note: If you exit the browser before completing the Configuration Wizard, it continues from where you stopped the next time the ColdFusion MX Administrator is opened.

Question	Answer	Comment
Upgrade from ColdFusion MX
When upgrading from ColdFusion MX, the Configuration Wizard updates the ODBC services, but does not ask any questions.
All other installation types
Enable RDS?	Yes \| No	RDS allows the server to interact with remotely connected developers. It's best to disable RDS for production servers. Disabling RDS also disables the directory browsing applets in the ColdFusion MX Administrator.
If enabling RDS, RDS password?	________________________
Install example applications and getting started tutorial application?	Yes \| No	ColdFusion MX ships with a variety of example applications. Installing the example applications also installs the supporting files used by the Getting Started Building ColdFusion MX Applications tutorial lessons. Do not use the example applications if you are installing into a production environment.
Upgrade from ColdFusion 4.5 or ColdFusion 5
Migrate existing settings?	Yes \| No
Migrate client variables in registry?	Yes \| No	Unless you are storing client data that must be preserved, Macromedia recommends that you do not migrate these variables.

Comments are no longer accepted for ColdFusion MX 6.1. ColdFusion 8 is the current version.

Comments

Cavender said on Aug 20, 2003 at 12:44 PM :

Your font sizes are too small. Please make them more Section 508 compliant.

halL said on Sep 16, 2003 at 7:40 AM :

You cna increase the font size by changing the browser Text size settings.
In IE, you select the text size in a list on the View/Text size menu.

kenreiss said on Sep 29, 2003 at 8:32 AM :

The default font size of this page is too small. Why should someone have to change their text size in their browser for ONE page, when ALL others work fine?

Cope, the MX wannabe said on Oct 14, 2003 at 7:36 AM :

This font works fine, unless you use an out of the ordinary large monitor. For people who use those, there is an option to enlarge the fonts. (try scrolling your mouse wheel while holding the CTRL key).
What I'm trying to say is.... what is the problem?

master arusha said on Jan 26, 2004 at 11:57 AM :

hello bay

rob_geddes said on Feb 19, 2004 at 1:03 PM :

MOST web pages do not handle fonts correctly - either locking them to a specific pixel size or authoring specifically for IE which does not adhere to the standard - hence, most IE users browse the web with font-size set to 'smaller' rather than 'medium'
-- get used to it

bmolayi said on Feb 23, 2004 at 8:28 AM :

When I installed CF MX6.1, unlike previous versions, it starts automatically at the start up of the PC, and there is no way to stop and restart it. Am I doing something wrong or this is the way it should be?

gorokhmn said on Mar 5, 2004 at 2:38 PM :

CF installes windows services by default in auto start mode. Stop these services or / and set the manual mode for them.

Angel_Navarro said on Mar 26, 2004 at 12:19 PM :

Everybody is such a crybaby about the fonts. The fonts are fine. You can't please everybody with eyesight incapabilities and varying computer configurations.

No screen name said on Aug 3, 2004 at 4:19 PM :

can nt open some doc

No screen name said on Aug 9, 2004 at 4:34 PM :

I tried installing the developer edition of MX 6.1. It gets to 100% then asks me choose another location to install. What am I doing wrong? It keeps asking me that.

USANA said on Aug 22, 2004 at 11:44 AM :

The installer must be run as the root user and cannot continue. Log in
as the root user and run the installer again.

What does this mean? I am installing Developer Edition 6.1 on OSX.

jrunrandy said on Aug 24, 2004 at 5:56 AM :

JRun and ColdFusion are able to run on Macintosh OSX because of the underlying UNIX architecture. Every UNIX system has a root user/password and the root user typically has additional privileges.

pghbillusmc said on Sep 9, 2004 at 2:42 AM :

i am looking forward to this experince

pghbillusmc said on Sep 9, 2004 at 2:44 AM :

i am looking forward to this experince

pghbillusmc said on Sep 9, 2004 at 2:44 AM :

i am looking forward to this experince

enrique750 said on Sep 13, 2004 at 1:56 PM :

I am the root user and am loggin in as such. Why does this keep
appearing?
"
The installer must be run as the root user and cannot continue. Log in
as the root user and run the installer again."

alexismasters said on Sep 23, 2004 at 1:38 PM :

I'm having the same problem as a couple of earlier posters. The
CFMX6.1 installer does not recognize me as the admin, even though I
am logged in as the admin. Is it possilble that the installer is corrupted?
Do I need to download another copy of the installer?

una-muse-d said on Nov 25, 2004 at 2:33 PM :

Yeah, I am getting the same login as root user message during
installation. Did anyone ever get an answer on how to do this?

No screen name said on Nov 29, 2004 at 10:24 AM :

There is a slight difference in OS X's flavor of UNIX. There is a difference
between an "Admin" and a "Root" user. Apple did this to protect the
average Mac user (not a unix expert) from causing their computer to
explode (or something like that).

Here is a good link on how to enable the root user in OS X:

http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/Root_User_Creation/index.ws

After installing Coldfusion, you should disable the root user to be on the
safe side (unless you are very comfortable in a UNIX environment).

If that article doesn't help or disappears over time just do a search for
"how to enable root user in OS X" and you should find plenty of info.

I hope this helps.

No screen name said on Jan 4, 2005 at 12:05 PM :

I am trying to install on a Windows 2003 server and the installer keeps saying to "PLease select another location to extract the installer to"
Can someone help me here.

scott@orik.net said on Jan 10, 2005 at 8:42 PM :

I am trying to install on a Windows 2000 server and the installer keeps saying to "PLease select another location to extract the installer to"

Any Ideas?

PedroMoleta said on Jan 12, 2005 at 9:33 AM :

Hi,

Im trying to install CF, but it doest passes the screen where i choose the language...? i wonder whats wrong.

No screen name said on Jan 22, 2005 at 6:32 AM :

I am trying to install on a Windows XP server and the installer keeps saying to "PLease select another location to extract the installer to"

I have only one account which is administrator and I tried to choose a drive with over 15 GB free space but it says there's not enough room.

I also installed the latest Directx drivers with no luck.

...and why do they call it 'InstallAnywhere' if it don't install nowhere...

drew_falkman said on Feb 6, 2005 at 11:14 AM :

Hey.

Everyone: check out this post, it may offer help: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2&threadid=866886&highlight_key=y&keyword1=select%20another%20location

MM people: please look into this issue - I have experienced it as well now, as have numerous people.

deancarrera said on Mar 18, 2005 at 8:23 AM :

I installed coldfusion MX 6.1 standalone ent version on my Windows 2000 server. When I go to select verity collections in the Coldfusion Administrator, I keep getting an error stating ' You must configure your application server to enable Verity. For
instructions, see "Configuring ColdFusion MX" in the "Installing
and Using ColdFusion MX" book for your application server.' I'm looking in the Docs and I do not see anything that is specific in how to enable Verity. Also I followed the instruction in the following link http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19115 and I still did not have any success. Normally when I install Coldfusion on a server Verity is enabled and working by default. Any suggestions at this point would be helpful.


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