Host number in IIS and connector path

Question

Hello.
I have two question:
1. Is there a way to determine in script the host number (in
IIS metabase) in which this script executes.
2. Is there a way to determine connector path and the binary
for IIS ("C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\lib\wsconfig\jrun_iis6.dll" in my
case).
I would like to have the solution, which will run on CF 6.0,
6.1 and 7.0.
Many thanks.

Answer 1

Al Baker wrote:
> I have two web servers on which I want to host a single
web site using
> ColdFusion 8 clustering.
> 1) Is the correct solution to somehow define a single IP
for the website that
> exists on both servers?
There is no "correct solution". There are various options
that may be
more or less suited for your requirements. You can have:
- two servers share an IP address (see Network Load Balancing
in the
Windows documentation);
- two servers behind a load-balancer that distributes the
load and has
the IP address;
- different IP addresses and distributing the users through
DNS
(round-robin).
> 2) If I can't use a single IP, then IIS 6 on each server
will have its own IP
> for the website, which IP do I use for the website in
DNS?
Both.
> If you know of any documentation which walks a newbie
through the process of
> setting up a website using ColdFusion 8 clustering using
IIS 6, please point me
> to it! Everyone can't be learning this stuff by trial
and error, can they?
ColdFusion clustering has nothing to do with the problem you
are facing.
You have a network / DNS / IIS / Windows question and CF is
not relevant
for it. For solving this issue, forget that you have CF and
focus on the
rest.
Jochem
Jochem van Dieten
Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion