You can switch from an external web server to the built-in ColdFusion web server without reinstalling, even if you did not select it during installation.
Switch from an external web server to the built-in web server
- 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.
- Open the original jrun.xml file for editing.
- Locate the WebService service and set the deactivated attribute to false:
<service class="jrun.servlet.http.WebService" name="WebService">
<attribute name="port">8500</attribute>
<attribute name="interface">*</attribute>
<attribute name="deactivated">false</attribute>
...
</service>
- Locate the ProxyService service and set the deactivated attribute to true:
<service class="jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService" name="ProxyService">
<attribute name="activeHandlerThreads">8</attribute>
<attribute name="minHandlerThreads">1</attribute>
<attribute name="maxHandlerThreads">1000</attribute>
<attribute name="mapCheck">0</attribute>
<attribute name="threadWaitTimeout">20</attribute>
<attribute name="backlog">500</attribute>
<attribute name="deactivated">true</attribute>
...
- Save the file.
- Copy the CFM pages in your web root directory (including the CFIDE and cfdocs directories) to the ColdFusion cf_root/wwwroot directory, and use appropriate URL references (for example, http://localhost:8500/YourApp1/index.cfm). If you switch from the built-in web server to an external web server, you must copy the contents of the cf_root/wwwroot directory to your web server root. If you are using Adobe Dreamweaver, ensure that you reconfigure any sites that you move from one server to another.
- Restart ColdFusion.
To switch to another web server, follow the instructions for the appropriate web server on your platform in Configuring web servers.
