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I've created a new instance of ColdFusion and for whatever reason it has a mapping for /CFIDE pointing at:

C:\JRun4\servers\{instance}\cfusion.ear\cfusion.war\CFIDE

Even though my default instance has:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\CFIDE

I'd rather keep it pointing at the CFIDE under Apache, but I'm unable to edit the mapping. If I manually change it in neo-runtime.xml it gets automagically switched back to the WAR location when I restart the instance.

Please, no suggestions to just rely on an Apache virtual directory. While this would work for scripts, etc it doesn't truly solve the problem. If I wanted to use the Admin API or even create Admin extensions I'd be worrying about 2 separate CFIDE directories.

Todd Sharp
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    Just to clarify: you edit the file, and CF actually re-writes the file, reverting it back? Which version of CF? Sounds like a bug to me. – Adam Cameron Apr 18 '12 at 08:05
  • Yep, that's what I'm seeing Adam. CF 9.0.1 with CHF 2. I think this used to work - I'm wondering if it is a "security feature" (being unable to edit the neo-xxx.xml). Can you test on CF 10? – Todd Sharp Apr 18 '12 at 12:57
  • And you are editing the mapping within the instance you created right? Sometimes I get my instances crossed :) – Mark A Kruger Apr 18 '12 at 13:08
  • Mark - Yep. It's the only instance (besides default) on this machine right now. – Todd Sharp Apr 18 '12 at 15:53
  • Yeah Todd, I'll test on both CF9.0.1 & CF10 this evening (+12h from now). I'll report back. – Adam Cameron Apr 19 '12 at 06:00
  • Todd, I just tested on CF901, and I can relocate the CFIDE dir just fine. This is on Win Server 2k3, 32-bit. Perhaps the problem is a vagary of your rig? – Adam Cameron Apr 19 '12 at 07:27
  • CF10 is a different story. Tomcat won't serve CFM files outside the webroot dir, so this is not so possible on CF10. One would need to use the directory junction approach I mentioned in my "answer". – Adam Cameron Apr 20 '12 at 08:09

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Todd, if you can't resolve your particular issue (as per comments directly against your initial question), you could perhaps just a directory junction instead: get rid of the new instance's CFIDE dir completely, and create a junction at that location pointing to the one you wish to share between instances.

This is a slight hack, but if all else fails it'll work.

But to be clear: I do not have the problem you are having on CF9.0.1: what you're trying to do should work. So I think there's something else afoot here which probably needs addressing.

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  • Thanks Adam. Given that it's a dev setup I think I'm just going to leave it as is for now but I've marked this answer as accepted. – Todd Sharp Apr 26 '12 at 13:33