CF administrator not working

Hello,

I have just installed CFMX 6.1 on a server running IIS 5.0 and
on a Windows 2000 Server with multi-homed web sites.

Everything installed ok. When I try and start Coldfusion Administrator it comes back with page not found. I see the path URL

The directory and file exists in wwwroot. Changing the IP to my machines IP comes back with a page telling me i am not authorised to see this page.

When i try to open the Index.cfm directly from the
administrator folder, i get a windows dialog box asking me what programme I want to use to open the file.

Using the Web Server Configuration tool gives me a web Jrun dialog box with two lines

[localhost:default] Internet Information Server (IIS): "Default WebSite"
[localhost:default] Internet Information Server (IIS): All)

Any clues on what is causing this problem, or a solution would be much appreciated.
I have been searching the web for a solution for 2 days now
and have seen that there are many others that have the same problem, but none of them
have a solution.

hmmm...been using CFMX 6.1 with IIS for a long time now and never seen anything like this. Might be an issue caused by multihoming.

Can you ping 127.0.0.1 and/or localhost? Do other web pages or .cfm pages work correctly? Is it only the administrator that is failing? Also, check permissions on the CFIDE directory and see if perhaps it's a permissions problem.

Unlike Kiteless i dont know what the hell im doing so you shouldnt listen to what i say, that said here's my suggestion.

I have a similiar prob. when i run CF on my laptop.

Go to My computer, then local disk C:, then CFusionMX folder, then Runtime folder, then Bin folder, then double-click on the JRun icon, a black rectangle will appear and shortly another one which has 3 names of servers, click on default then hit run. Now the administrator will work. IF it doesnt you shouldve heeded my warning of not listening to me.

Good luck
Alas

I have installed MX on hundreds of servers. It is now different for accessing Adminitrator with the new default setting.

http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm is the most common now.

1) Get rid of 127.0.0.1 it is usually "localhost" now.

2) Also, the port number can either be 8500 or 8300 depending on if you go with the standard CFMX install or the new J2EE optional install.

3) If all else fails, use your dedicated IP address as the root in the URL. That has happened to me serveral dozens times as well.

That's the answer!

Marc
Software Engineer
Medao Corporation
Web and Database Outsourcing for Fellow Programmers
support@Medao.com
(519) 250-5787

Marc, that's a bit misleading, because if you install CFMX in anything other than "standalone" mode, you can set the port to whatever you want. When installed along with a web server like IIS or Apache, CFMX in J2EE mode will listen on port 80 just like any other web application server. I just didn't want anyone to get the impression that you can always call CFMX on port 8500 or 8300 (not sure where you got that port from BTW), because that's not accurate.

I must not know what I am talking about. Just 9 years CF development for IBM, Dell, Microsoft, FedEx, Ford and Pfizer.

I never said you don't know what you're talking about. I'm simply pointing out that in this case, your description was misleading. Nice attitude, though.