best way to install CF 8

[John Barrett]

Hi,
I just got my new MacBook Pro, so stoked!
Can I ask what are the best settings for CF 8?

(1) Which java version should I use, the default on Leopard is 1.5
(2) Do I need to use the 64 bit version, or is the 32 bit version okay? Which is best? This is just a dev laptop, and so I don't know if the 64 bit is necessary.
(3) I think that leopard is using apache 2, and where is this located,a s I think tat I will have to configure the httpd.config file.

I also want to use port 80 so I can use ColdFusion on the localhost as well as the sites folder.

Thanks so much!
Johnny`-`



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[John Barrett]

When I install the 32 bit version I get an error saying that Apache is 64 bit:
http://twitpic.com/94otz

I guess this answers some of my questions about 32 or 64 bits.

Is it best to install the 64 bit CF 8, or try to change Apache to 32 bit?
Thanks,
Johnny

> Hi,
> I just got my new MacBook Pro, so stoked!
> Can I ask what are the best settings for CF 8?
>
> (1) Which java version should I use, the default on Leopard is 1.5
> (2) Do I need to use the 64 bit version, or is the 32 bit version
> okay? Which is best? This is just a dev laptop, and so I don't know if
> the 64 bit is necessary.
> (3) I think that leopard is using apache 2, and where is this located,
> a s I think tat I will have to configure the httpd.config file.
>
> I also want to use port 80 so I can use ColdFusion on the localhost as
> well as the sites folder.
>
> Thanks so much!
> Johnny`-`
>

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[phipps_73-2]

I ran into a similar problem and decided that I wanted to match our  
production servers as closely as possible. Most of these are running  
CF8 standard and so can only run in 32 bit mode. So I went with the 32  
bit downgrade to apache. It's only a couple of lines in Terminal. You  
just need to remember that each time OS X gets updated it may replace  
the 32 bit httpd with a 64 bit version and so I always check this  
after any OS X software updates.

The code I use is as follows (in Terminal):

cd /usr/sbin/
sudo cp httpd httpd-yymmdd.bak
sudo lipo httpd -thin i386 -output httpd

Then check if it has worked by doing:

file httpd

This should return:

httpd: Mach-0 executable i386

Of course if you decide to install the 64 bit version of CF 8 then you  
don't have to worry about the above.

In terms of java version, I just use the default, although I think the  
earlier problems with 1.6 and cf have been resolved in one of the  
later 1.6 updates.

apache2 (and the httpd.conf) is located in /etc/apache2.

Cheers,

Dave

On 3 Jul 2009, at 08:42, John Barrett wrote:

>
> When I install the 32 bit version I get an error saying that Apache  
> is 64 bit:
> http://twitpic.com/94otz
>
> I guess this answers some of my questions about 32 or 64 bits.
>
> Is it best to install the 64 bit CF 8, or try to change Apache to 32  
> bit?
> Thanks,
> Johnny
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I just got my new MacBook Pro, so stoked!
>> Can I ask what are the best settings for CF 8?
>>
>> (1) Which java version should I use, the default on Leopard is 1.5
>> (2) Do I need to use the 64 bit version, or is the 32 bit version
>> okay? Which is best? This is just a dev laptop, and so I don't know  
>> if
>> the 64 bit is necessary.
>> (3) I think that leopard is using apache 2, and where is this  
>> located,
>> a s I think tat I will have to configure the httpd.config file.
>>
>> I also want to use port 80 so I can use ColdFusion on the localhost  
>> as
>> well as the sites folder.
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Johnny`-`
>>
>
>
>

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[AndrewClarke]

Use the default VM as the previous issue with Java that prevented  
ColdFusion installation has been resolved.
The easiest thing to do is just to install the 64-bit version of  
ColdFusion.  I know of no reason to not do this.
Yes Mac OS X uses Apache2.  The files are in /private/etc/apache2/.  
There is a symlink from there to /etc/apache2 which is an easier  
location to remember if you are also a Linux user.

If you want to use Apache on port 80, during the setup when it  
installs the connectors just choose Apache and leave all the defaults  
as-is.  It writes the Apache connector into httpd.conf so you should  
be good to go with no further configuration.

- Andrew.

On 3-Jul-09, at 02:41, John Barrett wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I just got my new MacBook Pro, so stoked!
> Can I ask what are the best settings for CF 8?
>
> (1) Which java version should I use, the default on Leopard is 1.5
> (2) Do I need to use the 64 bit version, or is the 32 bit version  
> okay? Which is best? This is just a dev laptop, and so I don't know  
> if the 64 bit is necessary.
> (3) I think that leopard is using apache 2, and where is this  
> located,a s I think tat I will have to configure the httpd.config  
> file.
>
> I also want to use port 80 so I can use ColdFusion on the localhost  
> as well as the sites folder.
>
> Thanks so much!
> Johnny`-`
>
>
>
>

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[John Barrett]

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for getting back to me.

I was able to download the build in web server edition, but I want to use port 80 to match my work dev machine, also so I can sites folder(which I assume I can also set up other accounts and to allow CF).

I tried to install the 64 bit version last night, but I got an error saying that the machine is not a 64 bit machine. Strange since apache is 64 bit.

I just bought the macbook pro 15 inch laptop:
version 10.57
2.53 GHz Intel Core Duo

Should this machine work for 64 bit?

I am going to go to the apple store tomorrow to see if they can explain how to install a 64 bit version of CF. Otherwise I will try to convert apache to use 32 bit.

Thanks so much for your help`-`
Johnny

 




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From: Andrew Clarke <spam@...>
To: cf-mac <cf-mac@...>
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 12:24:05 AM
Subject: Re: best way to install CF 8


Use the default VM as the previous issue with Java that prevented  
ColdFusion installation has been resolved.
The easiest thing to do is just to install the 64-bit version of  
ColdFusion.  I know of no reason to not do this.
Yes Mac OS X uses Apache2.  The files are in /private/etc/apache2/.  
There is a symlink from there to /etc/apache2 which is an easier  
location to remember if you are also a Linux user.

If you want to use Apache on port 80, during the setup when it  
installs the connectors just choose Apache and leave all the defaults  
as-is.  It writes the Apache connector into httpd.conf so you should  
be good to go with no further configuration.

- Andrew.

On 3-Jul-09, at 02:41, John Barrett wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I just got my new MacBook Pro, so stoked!
> Can I ask what are the best settings for CF 8?
>
> (1) Which java version should I use, the default on Leopard is 1.5
> (2) Do I need to use the 64 bit version, or is the 32 bit version  
> okay? Which is best? This is just a dev laptop, and so I don't know  
> if the 64 bit is necessary.
> (3) I think that leopard is using apache 2, and where is this  
> located,a s I think tat I will have to configure the httpd.config  
> file.
>
> I also want to use port 80 so I can use ColdFusion on the localhost  
> as well as the sites folder.
>
> Thanks so much!
> Johnny`-`
>
>
>
>

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[John Barrett]

Hi Dave,
I was able to get CF 8 install with the build in web server.
I also got an error saying that the machine was not 64 bit, I am going to try to install that version again, as I would rather not modify the apache if I don't need to, especially for the updates.

If not I will try your apache modifications, thanks so much for explaining that!
I am thinking that if I do install the 64 bit version I will need to use the 64 bit version of MySQL too.

Thanks so much for your help,
Johnny`-`


     

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