Overview of server settings

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. 

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