Entries Tagged as IIS
Railo 3.0 Community, Resin 3.1 and IIS6 -- Learn from my mistakes
Posted by Jason Durham | Tags: ColdFusion , IIS , Railo
What is Railo 3.0 Community?
Railo is a free CFML engine that compares well to the commercial Adobe ColdFusion software. However, Railo differs in that it requires a 3rd party (also free) application server to work. According to Railo's web site, there appear to be multiple application servers that work, however the Community edition comes with Resin. Similar to Adobe ColdFusion, Railo also comes bundled with a built-in web server (actually, part of Resin).
I imagine that I'm not alone when I say that configuring Resin to work with IIS is a chore for a first-time user. For those that are unfamiliar with Resin, it is an open source Java (and PHP) application server. Resin comes with a built in web server, so technically, there really is no need for IIS. However, I'm a proponent for keeping things the same between environments (who isn't tho?). There are a number of sites that basically regurgitate the same configuration instructions for making IIS work with Resin. I spent nearly all of yesterday trying to accomplish this task...
Secure FTP on Windows 2003 Server (SSH/SFTP)
Posted by Jason Durham | Tags: IIS
If you didn't already know, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is inherently insecure. The files you're sending to/from your web server (including authentication params) are easily captured and read by a savvy network nerd. There are a number of 3rd-party FTP applications floating around that solve this problem on Windows servers, at a cost. I have found a solution that doesn't cost a dime other than a few minutes of your time. I have to be honest and say, I had to do a part of this process 3 times before the installer completed successfully.
URL Rewriting for IIS7 and ColdBox
Posted by Jason Durham | Tags: ColdFusion , ColdBox , IIS
After several exhaustive days scouring the web, reading documentation, soliciting help from others, cursing Vista and beating my head against the wall... I stumbled on a neat, new module built to do _exactly_ what I needed, GUI included!