You set up, fine-tune, and manage the functionality of your ColdFusion Server through a series of pages.
Server Settings
— The Server Settings page
has configuration options that you can use to manage your ColdFusion server.
Many of these options affect server performance. In the ColdFusion Administrator
navigation frame, click Server>Settings.
For details, see Apply server settings.
Caching
— The Caching
page lets you set caching preferences for handling templates, queries,
and data sources. In the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame, click
Server>Caching. For details,
see Set caching preferences.
Client Variables
— Using
client variables, you can determine and store information about the identity
of a client visiting your site. By managing client variables, this identity
information then lets you customize page content for clients. Click Server>Client Variables in the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame
to configure an external data source to store client variables. For details,
see Client Variable Planning and Manage client variables.
Memory
Variables — Session
and application scopes make information persistent for a specified time.
Session scopes allow information to be accessed for a longer period than
just a single page request. Application scopes make information accessible
from other pages in the application. Server scopes make information persistent
for the life of the server and across all applications. Memory variables
store the information that you specify for these scopes. To enable Memory
Variables, click Server>Memory
Variables in
the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame. For details, see Manage Memory Variables.
Locking
— Data
stored in server, application, and session scopes is persistent across
browser requests, and multiple requests can access the data. Unlocked
access to data by multiple, simultaneous requests can corrupt data. In
the ColdFusion Administrator, click Server>Locking to
specify locking settings that protect data. For each of the server, application,
and session scopes, you have three choices for control: none, full checking,
and automatic locking of read access. For details, see Protect
shared data (locking variable) and Manage
locking variables.
ColdFusion Mappings — The ColdFusion Mappings page allows you to create, or map, logical aliases for physical directories on your server. You have to map directories only if you want to use ColdFusion with CGI or if you want to use absolute references to ColdFusion pages with the cfinclude tag. Click Server>Mappings in the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame to create logical aliases. See About logical aliases for physical directories and Create logical mappings
Mail Settings — The Mail Settings page allows you to specify a mail server to send automatic mail messages from the server. Click Server>Mail/Mail Logging in the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame. For details, see Configure Administrator Mail.