These are the minimum requirements that need to be installed in IIS for a CF install.
This is more of a note to self than anything… I need it because a.) this isn’t the sort of thing I do frequently enough to commit to memory and b.) because a Google Search for “IIS Installation pre-requisites for ColdFusion 2018” doesn’t come back with an obvious “make sure x, y, and z are installed in IIS.”
When performing a fresh install of ColdFusion 2018 on a Windows Server running IIS, you need to select the following options in the IIS features setup as pre-requisites.
- ASP.NET
- CGI
- ISAPI Extensions
- ISAPI Filters
That’s all… don’t overthink it and commit it to memory so next time you don’t need to try and figure out “did I need this? What about that?”
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Also, you can get step-by-step directions here.
https://easycfm.com/2020/07/21/installing-coldfusion-2018-with-iis-on-windows-10-pro/
I’m not an expert on this. That’s why I’m here in the hope of finding the IIS 10 requirement for ColdFusion 2021, but unless there’s a reason for turning on things that my current installation of ColdFusion 2016 doesn’t need. The instructions at EasyCFM.Com are not entirely correct.
Hi, David. I’m sure this will help many.
FWIW, this info IS in the CF docs at https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/installing/configuring-your-system.html, and that page came up (for me) as the 4th hit for that search string in Google. 🙂
That said, if you searched on the page for “prereq”, it would find refs to that related to things other than IIS. But if you search that page for IIS, you’ll see the second box about it does list these things that need to be enabled in IIS. (It doesn’t mention isapi filters, but it mentions isapi extensions, and when we enables one Windows offers to enable the other.)
And also, the need for these is not limited to being needed for either CF2018 (but also 2016, 11, and before) and not just for Windows Server but also Home.
Finally, if it helps some readers who may find this post, we would enable these things in Windows Server using its Server Manager tool and in Windows Home using its “Turn Windows Features On or Off”.
It helps many to be reminded of such core things once in a while. Thanks.
I came here looking for instructions to configure IIS 10 for ColdFusion 2021 if anything had changed. However, the instructions here are for previous versions of IIS and are vague, to say the least – in particular, whether ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET.4.8 are both required.
No changes. Either version will work.
Thanks, Charlie!
So if of help to anyone, here are the minimalist instructions for IIS 10.
Starting with Internet Information Service and nothing in it selected –
Select the following three things, accept the automatic selection of other things and press OK.
- Internet Information Service
- ASP.NET 4.8
- CGI
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