administrator access

On first launch, my administrator password was not accepted.  The correct password was entered, and it worked for colleagues, but not myself. Is there a way to reset the administrator password?

Cannot log in as administrator

Hello – I am having an issue logging in after I set up my account.  I’m doing the initial one time log in with the administrator password after setting up my server.xml correctly.  Any idea why I cannot log in? Thanks

How to Run and debug old 2012 coldfusion application

Hi, we have a old legacy coldfusion application which was probably created during 2012 or older. I can see in code it was mention it needs (SQL 2005 relational database). We don’t know how to debug this application and fix this issue. We need some documentation on how to debug and run old coldfusion.

CF 2018 license question

We are using ColdFusion 2018 internally on Windows Server 2016. The Nutanix cluster on which ColdFusion is installed in a virtual machine is scheduled to migrate to a new Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). This change will be transparent at layer 3 (routing). However, we need to find out if any part of the ColdFusion licensing is tied to a Windows server or to a server instance. We need to know if our ColdFusion 2018 license will still be recognized […]

How can I get just one sql result per ID (pk)

I am using ColdFusion on a website hosting account and mssql (late version). I’m looking for all instances of the StoryID but I want to display only one record for each StoryID.  The storyid is a uniqueidentifier. Below is my query. It works but the problem is that  it shows multiple instances of the same storyid. Each unique storyid represents a news story where readers comment about that story. So I want to display only the first story comment but […]

A Simple Way to Install ColdFusion Updates Manually in Offline Mode

There may be instances where you need to install updates on a ColdFusion server that isn’t connected to the internet, or you’re facing difficulties installing updates through the ColdFusion Administrator page despite having an internet connection. In such cases, knowing how to manually install updates and packages is essential. This guide will walk you through a simple and efficient method to manually install ColdFusion updates and upgrade packages in an offline or online environment. Although the steps outlined here are […]

Strange Behavior in my web app after i move to CF2023

Recently I moved to CF2023 from CF2016. When I started using this new ColdFusion version with my web application, it displays me the below strange text on the page when it refreshes. I don’t see the same with CF2016 version. Why am I getting this? Is there a way to suppress this message? if it is debugging message, can we write this to any log files instead of on the page. It won’t look good to be there on the […]

Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server with Windows Authentication in ColdFusion

When configuring a Microsoft SQL Server database with Windows authentication in ColdFusion, you might initially assume that it’s as simple as entering the DOMAIN\USERNAME in the username field and saving it. However, there are several additional steps required to successfully configure the Data Source Name (DSN) in the ColdFusion Administrator. This blog will show how to configure the MS SQL DB with Windows authentication in ColdFusion. 1. Ensure the Windows user has the necessary permissions on the database and ColdFusion […]

When is ColdFusion 2021 update 16 going to be available to developer users?

When is ColdFusion 2021 update 16 going to be available to developer users?

RELEASED- ColdFusion 2023 and 2021 September 10th, 2024 Security Updates

We are pleased to announce that we have released general updates to ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 10 and ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 16. The updates resolve a critical vulnerability that could lead to the deserialization of untrusted data. For more information, view the security bulletin APSB24-71. ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 16 also fixes bug CF-4223435, where the previous installation (2021.15) caused certain packages to be uninstalled. View the tech note of ColdFusion 2021.16 for more details. Where do I download the updates from […]

How many license we need for CF 2023 Enterprise edition if we have 8 non-prod and 17 prod servers

Hi Team, We have CF 2018 installed in our our application on RHEL 7.9. There are some vulnerabilities which are not able to remediate in current RHEL 7.9 so we are creating a new VM in RHEL 8. Anyone can confirm me that how many license we need for CF 2023 Enterprise edition if we have 2 non-prod VMs, 2 prod VMs and 2 DR VM in Azure Environment.

Coldfusion Oracle JDBC Driver Error

Error Executing Database Query.[DataDirect][Oracle JDBC Driver]arraycopy: destination index -1 out of bounds for byte[128] The specific sequence of files included or processed is: {path_to_file}, line: 129