Managing the ColdFusion MX 7 process on UNIX

This section describes the ColdFusion MX 7 process and explains how to manage it.

Note: This discussion applies to the ColdFusion MX 7 server configuration only. With the multiserver or J2EE configuration, you start and stop ColdFusion MX 7 by starting the application server.

Overview of the ColdFusion MX 7 process

The ColdFusion MX 7 installation creates a single process on UNIX called cfusion. To check whether it is running, use the following command:

ps -eaf | grep cfusion

If it is running, your computer returns something similar to the following line:

nobody 4528 1 10 12:44 pts/0 00:00:07 /opt/coldfusionmx/bin/cfusion -start default

Managing the process

The ColdFusion MX 7 process starts automatically when you start your computer and shuts down automatically when you shut down your computer.

In the ColdFusion MX Administrator, if you enable or disable security or change any option in the Java and JVM Settings page, you must stop and restart the ColdFusion MX 7 process for your changes to take effect. This applies to the server configuration only; in the multiserver and J2EE configurations, you use application-server-specific methods to update Java settings.

To manage the ColdFusion MX 7 process on UNIX:

  1. Log in as root, if you have not already done so.
  2. Enter the following command: 
    cd cf_root/bin
  3. Enter the appropriate command for what you need to do, as the following table describes:
    Task Command to enter

    Start ColdFusion MX 7

    		 
    coldfusion start

    Stop ColdFusion MX 7

    		 
    coldfusion stop

    Restart ColdFusion MX 7

    		 
    coldfusion restart

    View performance information for ColdFusion MX 7

    		 
    coldfusion status

    Run Web Server Configuration Tool

    		 
    coldfusion wsconfig

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