March 22, 2002
ColdFusion allows the definition of aliases - logical paths used by the and tags. These aliases are only seen by ColdFusion, and not by your Web server. If you need to use these aliases in HTML (or any other client technology) then you'll need to define them as well in the Web server itself....
March 21, 2002
Using a JVM that requires special initialization options? Specify these values as name-value pairs (separated by spaces) in the ColdFusion Administrator. (Applies to: ColdFusion 4.5 or later)
March 20, 2002
To allow multiple files to be uploaded using a single form, simply create multiple FILE form fields. To handle the server side processing you'll need one tag per uploaded file. But be careful, the CFFILE variables returned by are overwritten for each processed file, so you should probably make a...
March 19, 2002
Maintenance should never be performed on active members of a cluster. To perform maintenance on a server, temporarily restrict access to it using the cluster management tools - this will force all traffic to the server to be temporarily redirected to other servers in the cluster. (Applies to:...
March 18, 2002
ClusterCATS dynamically manages IP address (when in active mode). Any dynamic IP addresses used by ClusterCATS must have fully qualified host names in DNS, as well as complete DNS and reverse DNS entries. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
March 17, 2002
To ensure maximum security, configure your ClusterCATS clusters so that the administration is password protected and only available on a port other than port 80. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
March 16, 2002
To remove ClusterCATS members (or to move them to other clusters) use the btadmin utility with the -reset parameter. Windows users can use the admin utility to do this (click Advanced to access the reset option). (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
March 15, 2002
In order to ensure administrative access to ClusterCATS clusters at all times, it is advisable to establish a dedicated IP address specifically for maintenance. To do this servers must have at least two IP addresses. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
March 14, 2002
DNS problems are a primary cause of ClusterCATS cluster failure. To analyze DNS and IP settings, and to troubleshoot problems at the DNS level, use the btcfgchk utility. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
March 13, 2002
If you are trying to diagnose problems with ClusterCATS clusters you may find these two included utilities useful: hostinfo displays information about DNS domains and hosts, and sniff displays network traffic packets. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)