A reader asks:
What do YOU consider the best online resource(s) for CFMX Server Administration? All of those XML files and hotfixes can be a little intimidating.
So, this is an interesting question, because to be honest, I'm not aware of any such thing. Certainly the first place I'd consider is the livedocs version of Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX. Outside of that, however, I'm not aware of any resource the focuses just on the Administrator and tuning of the server. Certainly it can be a complex topic. (I had a good 2 hour talk with a smart friend about the proper settings of the JVM.) But some items are simple. (Like did you know you could add extensions to the CF Admin?)
Can anyone recommend any good URLs? Would this be a good section to add to my ColdFusion forums?
Archived Comments
Great question. First, I would start with the LiveDocs offered by Macromedia. Beyond that, I look to the blogosphere. Some of my picks:
LiveDocs (http://livedocs.macromedia....
Brandon Purcell (http://www.bpurcell.org/blo...
Steven Erat (http://www.talkingtree.com/...
Christian Cantrell (http://weblogs.macromedia.c...
Geoff Bowers had a great Breeze presso up at one point - used to be linked from http://blog.daemon.com.au/a..., but sadly its gone :(
Anyone know if it lives elsewhere these days?
dont forget Pete Frietag's blog too...of interest for sure is this entry
http://www.petefreitag.com/...
DK
I believe the Advanced WACK gets into the Admin side of CF things.
In spite of the blogs that have been mentioned, I'd still love to see a book dedicated to administering the CF server (Pro and Enterprise. I spent some time with the Advanced WACK trying to troubleshoot an issue and was completely unable to follow the example...came to find out that the example was CF Enterprise only (we were on Pro), but the book made no mention of that (that I saw)).
Ray, if my memory serves me, I believe I posted this question a while back. I'm so glad to read all of these responses. Please, keep 'em coming! Personally, my Administrative 'tweaking' skills are lacking and I can use all of the help I can get.
BTW, love the Blog... keep up the great work!
Che: Yes, I'm more than a little behind on answering Ask a Jedi questions.
You know what might be nice - a simple PDF guide that shows _every_ option in the CF Admin, and talks about it. Ie, option X does Foo, according to the docs, but you should know Y. Oh, and Z is a side effect as well. Although the livedocs may work for that purpose as well.