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ColdFusion MX 6.1 Administrator access on multihomed servers

In Chapter 4 "Web Server Management" of Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX, the "Multihoming" section does not indicate that if you have multiple virtual hosts using any web server other than IIS, and you want to enable access to the ColdFusion Administrator via multiple virtual hosts, you must have a separate CFIDE virtual directory or physical directory in each virtual host directory. (The exact configuration requirements depend on the web server). Similarly, if you want to enable access to ColdFusion documentation and example code in multiple virtual hosts you must have a separate cfdocs virtual directory or physical directory in each virtual host directory.

You do not have to do this with IIS if you specify the-cfwebroot [directory] option when you run the the web server connector installer (wsconfig.jar). If you specify a directory value in the connector installer command, it must be the physical path to the directory that contains the CFIDE directory (typically, the web root in which you initially installed ColdFusion MX). If you omit the directory path, the web server connector installer uses the ColdFusion web root directory that you specified in the ColdFusion installer. For example, to configure a connector for an additional web site and use the CFIDE directory from the web root, use a command such as the following:

 C:\CFusionMX\runtime\jre\bin\java -jar wsconfig.jar -ws    iis -site mysite1 -coldfusion -cfwebroot -v 

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