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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:

New installation Select this option if you do not have ColdFusion MX on the computer or if you have ColdFusion 4.5 or 5 on the computer.
Update existing ColdFusion MX Select this option if ColdFusion MX is already installed on the computer. You must update the existing version; ColdFusion MX and ColdFusion MX 6.1 cannot co-exist on the same computer.

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

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

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.

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.


Contents > Installing and Using ColdFusion MX > Installing the Server Configuration > Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1

Version 6.1

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