The Archive and Deploy tools supplied with ColdFusion Server 5 Enterprise Edition enable you to easily archive and deploy web site configuration information, files and/or applications. Use these features to deploy your web site applications to another location or to back up your files quickly and easily. Additionally, you can use these features to securely deploy and receive any ColdFusion archive file electronically.
Step1: Create the
Archive Definition. Creating the archive definition involves
identifying the type of information you want to archive about a site.
You can
archive almost anything about the site, such as directories, files, CFX
tags, directory mappings, data sources, verity collections, automated
tasks, server settings, and variables. Each archive definition you create
is assigned a name. You use this name each time you need to modify or
archive its content.
Step2: Build Archive.
Building
an archive involves selecting the name of the archive definition you want
to archive and specifying a location to which you want to store the archive
(.car file).
Step3: Deploy the
Archive. Deploying an archive involves specifying the location of
the archive file name (.car file), the retrieval method (Local, HTTP,
FTP), and the location to which you want to restore the archive file (.car).
Alternatively, you can securely deploy your archive file to other locations,
for more information see Archive
Security.