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• Comment 1 written by Webdump on 27 December 2004, at 9:07 AM

  

  IIS (with or without this plugin) can't be a perfect solution. Apache is the way.

• Comment 2 written by Raymond Camden on 27 December 2004, at 9:22 AM

  

  Well, I love Apache, especially it's URL Rewrite ability, but it has one HUGE issue for me. You can't override the 404 error for CFMs. What I mean is, if I request xxx.cfm, and it doesn't exist, I get CF's builtin 404 error. In IIS, I can tell it to check for script existence, and this allows me to properly trap 404 errors. I have yet to see a way for Apache to do this.

• Comment 3 written by jared chandler on 27 December 2004, at 1:57 PM

  

  can't you simply have apache rewrite all .cfm requests within a site through a single .cfm file? I assume this is for a CMS or something similar.

• Comment 4 written by Raymond Camden on 27 December 2004, at 2:08 PM

  

  That isn't a fix, that's a hack. Also, it won't work for existing sites. It should be rather simple. If someone request a file that does not exist, I should be able to trap the error. This is easily done in IIS. It is impossible in Apache, and I've yet to hear a good reason for it.

• Comment 5 written by jared chandler on 27 December 2004, at 3:15 PM

  

  i just added:
  ErrorDocument 404 template.cfm
  
  and that seems to trap for missing .CFM's.

• Comment 6 written by Raymond Camden on 27 December 2004, at 3:23 PM

  

  What version of Apache are you running? That has never worked for me.

• Comment 7 written by jared chandler on 27 December 2004, at 3:32 PM

  

  1.3.26. My setup is kinda screwy (apache proxy to IIS, so I'm sticking CFMX 6.1 on a clean debian box to make sure. I've wanted to get this licked under *nix for a while.

• Comment 8 written by Raymond Camden on 27 December 2004, at 4:58 PM

  

  I'm using 2.x, I bet that is the issue.

• Comment 9 written by balthor on 27 December 2004, at 6:09 PM

  

  Here is my personal favorite:
  
  http://www.firstserved.net/services/iisadmin.php

• Comment 10 written by jared chandler on 27 December 2004, at 10:13 PM

  

  ok. the solution*:
  
  1) Build apache (in this case 1.3.31) with mod_rewrite support:
  
  
  $ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/apache \
  --enable-module=rewrite \
  --enable-shared=rewrite
  $ make
  $ make install
  
  2) Add the appropriate LoadModule call to httpd.conf:
  
  LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so
  
  3) make a directory off root (in this case "stuff"), and add an error handling template named error.cfm. I just stuck a <cfdump var="#cgi#"> in it.
  
  4) make a .htaccess file with the following:
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule (.*) /stuff/error.cfm
  
  5) restart apache and throw some urls at it.
  
  6) Problems: All the CGI variables are blank. There should be some further fiddling with mod_rewrite which will let you copy over the various cgi setting, but that's for another night.

• Comment 11 written by jared chandler on 27 December 2004, at 10:26 PM

  

  a mod to get the querystring:
  Put this in .htaccess
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule (.*) /stuff/error.cfm?%{REQUEST_URI}

• Comment 12 written by Raymond Camden on 28 December 2004, at 6:38 AM

  

  Thing is - though - wouldn't it be better to run on Apache 2.x? I always assume the latest and greatest version is the one to run.

• Comment 13 written by jared chandler on 28 December 2004, at 9:24 AM

  

  i think it would work exactly the same on apache2. i think i was running 1.3.31 because something (php maybe but who knows) didn't like 2.0. You should be able to find your httpd binary and httpd -l to get a list of modules compiled into it. If mod_rewrite is in there, and you can located the .so somewhere, you should be in business out of the box.

• Comment 14 written by anthony petruzzi on 3 January 2005, at 12:55 PM

  

  See this is exactly what I have been saying for years with this Apache vs. IIS debate.
  
  Did you noticed the solution that jared chandler wrote above for your template problem? Kinda of a monster isn't it.
  
  All I know is when I'm developing I need to work, not screw around. IIS is simple to install and simple to get working. Apache has always been a PITA for me. If you don't compile it a certain way, stuff doesn't work. Want to add something, you need to compile it again with the module. With IIS you can simply add the filter.
  
  Personally I don't have a problem with the multiple site issue. I have a copy of Win2K Server (and yes I bough it) running in a VMWARE (bought that too) virtual machine on my WINXP box.

• Comment 15 written by John Farrar on 9 January 2005, at 11:26 AM

  

  One thing I can't understand is why Apache has a old style config file and no "gui" admin interface. (I figure it has a nice GUI admin interface... can anyone suggest one?)
  
  John Farrar

• Comment 16 written by Jeff Wilkinson on 17 January 2005, at 3:53 PM

  

  balthor, that firstServed iis admin tool you posted the link for looks great. I'd just hit this problem on a new xp-pro install so this is timely advice. I particularly like its ability to set up multiple sites, then stop and start each with a little taskbar control app. Neat!

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