When installing ColdFusion on Vista or on Windows Server 2008 you may receive HTTP 404.3 Error, similar to this one:HTTP Error 404.3 - Not FoundThe page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map.Additionally if you run ColdFusion Web Server Configuration Tool, you will see a message saying that IIS components are being installed and could take between 2 to 5 minutes of time.You can resolve this error by making sure that the two required components of IIS are installed on your system. Namely:ISAPI Extensions IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.
ColdFusion works by configuring your web server (IIS, or Apache) to execute files with known extensions (.cfm, .cfml, .cfc et al) to run as script. And for doing that ColdFusion comes with a small and important tool called “wsconfig”. Problem: At times, regardless of operating system and the web server you are using, the ColdFusion installation will fail to configure web-server due to your network settings or firewall/security settings. When running wsconfig tool, you may encounter errors similar to the following:Could not connect to any JRun/ColdFusion servers on host localhost. Possible causes: Server not running - Start Macromedia JRun4 or ColdFusion server Server running - JNDI listen port in jndi.properties blocked by TCP/IP filtering or firewall on server - host restriction in security.properties blocking communication with server Snapshot above shows one of the common scenario when wsconfig will not configure IIS.Solution: H…
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