Coldfusion RDS 404 error on OSX
August 22, 2014
When running Coldfusion on OSX with RDS enabled you may receive a 404 error when trying to connect your IDE (CF Builder, Homesite, etc.)
After reviewing permissions and configuration I found that the issue was Apache checking for the existence of the page prior to attempting to run it. The RDS IDE functions/page does not exist because it simply a URL pattern defined in the web.xml file.
An easy fix was to setup a dummy folder/file:
/wwwroot/CFIDE/main/ide.cfm
The IDE.CFM page can be blank, Apache just needs to verify the file exists prior to handing it to the Java server for processing.
Malcolm TaylorOctober 2, 2015 at 4:04:44 am
Thank you! This helped tremendously and allowed me to get RDS working with HomeSite+ on ColdFusion 11
Dom HowardDecember 1, 2015 at 4:10:34 pm
Brilliant - thanks so much. Saved me a packet of time with CF11 and CFB3
JoeOctober 15, 2016 at 10:57:14 pm
Thank You!!!
I've been troubleshooting this for HOURS. finally stumbled across this.
Thank You!!
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