Note that you can always disable the login requirements for accessing the ColdFusion Administrator (you can do this via the ColdFusion Administrator). You are required to enter a password which is used for accessing the ColdFusion Administrator. Select Configure OpenOffice or deselect it as you wish. This step enables you to configure OpenOffice with ColdFusion so that Office documents are processed with OpenOffice. This step enables you to specify the hostname or IP address of the ColdFusion server, so that Performance Monitoring Toolset can access it. The default port number is 8500 but ColdFusion gives you the option to change this to another port number. Select the web server from the drop down list that you'd like to configure for ColdFusion: Built-In Web Server Port Number If you run your own web server (such as IIS or Apache), this screen allows you to add it to be configured to serve ColdFusion pages. This screen allows you to select which web servers/websites should be configured to use ColdFusion:Ĭlicking Add opens the following screen, where you can select your web server. Otherwise, if you want to be able to run a previous version of ColdFusion as well as the new version on the same machine, select Enable the built-in web server (coexist): Configure Web Servers/Websites If you don't need to run the previous version of ColdFusion on the same machine with the new version that you're installing, select Configure my web server for ColdFusion 2018 (recommended). Therefore, you'll probably get the following screens (or similar) if you already have a previous version of ColdFusion installed on your machine. I didn't actually get these screens when I installed CF 2018, but it was likely due to the fact that I didn't have a previous version of CF installed on that computer. NOTE: The screenshots in this part are from when I installed ColdFusion 2016. Previous ColdFusion Installation Detected
Once the 30 days is up, ColdFusion will revert to the Developer edition (unless you pay for the Standard or Enterprise version). If you don't want to purchase ColdFusion, select Developer Edition.Īlternatively, you could select 30 Day Trial if you need to be able to access your website from more than 2 external IP addresses (in addition to the website's local computer). If you have purchased a copy of ColdFusion, enter your serial number at this screen. Licence AgreementĬonfirm that you've read and agree to the licence agreement: Install Type Once you've downloaded ColdFusion, double click on the icon. here's what a CF 2016 installation looks like, here's what a CF 11 installation looks like, and here's a CF 8 installation. Having said that, there's not usually a lot of difference between the different versions of CF. If by the time you read this, you have a later version of ColdFusion, the steps may differ slightly from below. This page was created when ColdFusion 2018 was the current version. To give you an idea of what ColdFusion installation involves, below are the steps that I took when installing ColdFusion 2018 Developer edition onto a MacBook Pro.
And as long as your web hosting provider supports ColdFusion, you won't need to pay anything else to use ColdFusion. This means that you won't actually need to pay for ColdFusion in order to build your website. The only limitation is that you can only access the website from the local computer and two other IP addresses. Adobe has this comparison of the ColdFusion editions to ensure you download the correct edition.ĭon't forget that the (free) developer edition actually gives you the same functionality as the full-blown enterprise version.
You can download ColdFusion from the Adobe website (Adobe is the company that produces ColdFusion). As mentioned in the introduction to ColdFusion, you need to install ColdFusion before you can build ColdFusion applications on your local computer.
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