How to redirect requests (in IIS), to a particular ColdFusion server when multiple versions (CF 9,10,11 etc.) are installed?

How to redirect requests (in IIS), to a particular ColdFusion server when multiple versions (CF 9,10,11 etc.) are installed?

Introduction:

                We often install multiple versions of ColdFusion in our system and may need to redirect the requests, amongst these versions, based on the need.

Solution:

Open IIS and single click on the WebServer. 

In the “Features View” – in the centre of the IIS Screen, we will have an option – “Handler Mappings”.

 Handler Mappings is responsible for redirecting the requests to particular servers.

On double clicking Handler Mappings, we will find a lot of mappings. Amongst them, we will have to modify –

1.       cfmHandler

2.       cfcHandler

3.       cfmlHandler

4.       cfrHandler

5.       cfswfHandler

Right Click on cfcHandler and select “Edit”.

 

We will find the “Executable” path pointing to the “isapi_redirect.dll” file present in the coldfusion server. We will have to change this pointer to point to the dll file present in the coldfusion server (C:\ColdFusion10\config\wsconfig\1) to which we wish to redirect the requests.

We will do the same and change the Executable pointers of others (cfmHandler,cfmlHandler,cfrHandler,cfswfHandler) to the required coldfusion server.

That’s it!! Its done. J