Install the multiserver configuration in Windows

1. Read the online version of the Release Notes for any late-breaking information or updates. For more information, see www.adobe.com/go/cf8_releasenotes.
2. Ensure that your operating system meets the system requirements described on the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go/cf8_sysreqs.
3. Review the Installation considerations for Windows and Installation considerations for all platforms.
4. Determine the answers to the questions in the section Gathering information necessary to install the multiserver configuration.
5. Close any applications that are currently running on your computer.
6. If you plan to configure an external web server, ensure that the web server is running.
7. Insert the DVD or download the setup file from the Adobe website.
8. If the installation wizard does not start automatically when you insert the DVD, locate the setup.exe file on the DVD and double-click it. If you are installing from a network or a downloaded file, locate the ColdFusion installation executable file (coldfusion-80-win.exe) and double-click it.
9. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard and let it run to completion. Ensure that you select Multiserver configuration.
   Note: The installation wizard disables the multiserver configuration option if JRun 4 is already installed on the computer.

10. Open the ColdFusion Administrator to configure the server.
11. Configure and manage your system, as described in Configuring Your System.
12. To install any other integrated Adobe or third-party technologies, see Installing Integrated Technologies.
13. To learn about ColdFusion, read the documentation, which is accessible through the Documentation link on the Resources page of the ColdFusion Administrator.
14. Code CFM pages.

If you configured an external web server, store CFM pages under your web root directory. If you are using the built-in web server, store CFM pages under the web application root (jrun_root/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war) and access these pages using a URL of the form http://hostname:8300/context-root/filename.cfm, as follows:

• hostname The machine name, IP address, or localhost.
• contextroot The context root for the ColdFusion web application. For more information, see Context root.
• filename The directory path and file to display. The path is relative to the cfusion-war directory.

For example, to display a CFM file located at C:/JRun4/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/eisapp/index.cfm using the built-in JRun web server and a context root of cfmx, you specify the URL as http://localhost:8300/cfusion/eisapp/index.cfm.