The ColdFusion Administrator is an easy-to-use, browser-based interface to your ColdFusion Server. It provides you with:
The Server area of the Administrator enables you to set up and manage the functionality of your ColdFusion server. You can also define caching preferences, connect to data sources for use in your ColdFusion applications, select debugging options, manage variables, set up task automation, and register Java applets, settings, and custom tags.
The Security area of the Administrator enables you to protect your resources using either the Basic Security framework or the Advanced Security framework. Basic Security is activated at installation and encompasses password protection and ColdFusion tag restrictions. Advanced Security covers detailed levels of security, from user authentication to resource restriction to varying degrees of ColdFusion Administrator access. Developers enforce these security measures as the create code.
If you have the Enterprise Edition of ColdFusion 5, you have a series of administrative tools for managing Web site specific files, configurations, and applications. These features include filters for analyzing and viewing log files, archival operations for backing up and deploying site information, high availability controls for monitoring resources, sending alarm notifications, and distributing Web traffic.
The ColdFusion Administrator home page provides multiple ways for you to access information and support for ColdFusion, including:
Local resources — release notes, new features documentation, product documentation , example applications.
Technical support — installation, forums, resources and knowledge bases.
Online resources — product registration, developer information, white papers, training, enhancement requests, and security.