Different Ways of Enabling SSL for ColdFusion Administrator Running on Internal ColdFusion Port for ColdFusion 2025

Securing the ColdFusion 2025 Administrator is essential to protect sensitive data and ensure safe communication. One of the best ways to achieve this is by enabling SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), which encrypts traffic.  ColdFusion 2025 offers three methods to enable SSL: 1-  Using an Existing SSL Certificate. 2-  Creating and Configuring a New SSL Certificate. 3- Manually Generating a Certificate and Editing server.xml. 1- Using an Existing SSL Certificate: If you have the keystore with either p12 or jks format, […]

Steps to be followed for activating ColdFusion License through offline for CF2021 and CF2023

When activating the license for Adobe ColdFusion 2021 or 2023, it is essential to ensure that the server has an active internet connection. Without internet connectivity, the activation process will fail.                                                                If the server connects to the internet through a proxy, additional configuration may be required. Specifically, it is […]

Deploying ColdFusion as EAR on Oracle WebLogic Server

Installing and Configuring WebLogic Server 1–!> Launch the Weblogic installer as mentioned below from java -jar fmw_14.1.1.0.0_wls_lite_generic.jar Note:- Make sure that you install the JDK that is supported by Weblogic Server, 2–>1> Click next in below screen 3–!> Select option skip updates and click next 4–!> Specify the location where you want to install WebLogic and click next 5–!> Select WebLogic Server and click next 6–!> Click next once prerequisites check is successful 7–!> Verify the Installation Summary and click next 8–!> […]

Installing and Configuring API Manager in Cluster

Server A Install API Manager along with Analytic Server and Datastore Server B Install API Manager and point it to the Analytic Server and Datastore installed on Server A Server A: Installing API Manager, Analytics, and datastore 1–!> Launch the installer 2–!> Accept the License Agreement and click next 3–!>Choose the Install directory location 4–!> Enter the Serial Key and click on next 5–!> Verify the port and click on the next 6–!> Select Analytics and Datastore, and click on next […]

Configuring ColdFusion Websocket proxy in distributed mode on Linux

–!> On Server A, Install Apache –!> On Server B, Install Coldfusion –!> Copy the below files and JRE directory from Server B to Server A (We need to create the same directory structure on Server A where Apache is installed) /opt/ColdFusion2021/jre (directory you need to copy the JDK to which coldfusion is pointed to) /opt/ColdFusion2021/cfusion/lib/wsproxyconfig.jar /opt/ColdFusion2021/cfusion/runtime/conf/server.xml /opt/ColdFusion2021/config/instances.xml /opt/ColdFusion2021/config/cluster.xml –!> Run wsproxyconfig.jar file to create a connector on Server A ( Apache server) /opt/ColdFusion2021/jre/bin>./java -jar /opt/ColdFusion2021/cfusion/lib/wsproxyconfig.jar -ws Apache -dir /etc/apache2/ […]

cfimage unable to write to tmp directory when sandbox is enabled

Issue  If the Sandbox Security option is enabled and you’re attempting to write to the temp directory using cfimage, then the following exception appears.  Application fails with 500 error because it is unable to access the temp directory.  Solution  Follow the steps below:  Add the path of the temp directory in jvm.config as shown below:  -Djava.io.tmpdir=<path to temp directory>            2. Restart ColdFusion.