Help Needed : How to export your CF server settings?

 I need some help with this particular problem I have. How do you migrate over all your datasources/mappings/scheduled tasks etc from one Coldfusion server to another. I know you can do it by exporting the .car file but thats only if you have a enterprise edition of CF. Also, how to do this from Coldfusion 5 to Coldfusion 8?

I have done my search on this and havent been able to find anything. I have already started writing a little import/export tool to do exactly the same but I was wondering if anyone else has something I could use ? I am particularly interested in doing this from CF5 to CF8.

Thanks in advance for everyone who responds.

| Posted by Anuj Gakhar in ColdFusion

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11 Responses to “Help Needed : How to export your CF server settings?”

  1. Todd Rafferty on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:11 pm #

    Enterprise and Developer edition can both do it. So, I don’t bother putting in my serial number for standard until I get all the settings transferred over.

  2. Anuj Gakhar on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:18 pm #

    @Todd, that would work for CFMX I beleive. How about CF5? any ideas?

  3. Todd Rafferty on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:23 pm #

    Only one way to do it and that’s to kick your CF5 standard to a non-licensed server. I’m assuming this isn’t going to be feasible.

    I really wish Allaire/Macromedia thought this through a little better. For the love of pete, why are settings not transferable between ALL servers?! :P You’d think they were scraping at the bottom of the idea jar for money makers.

    Anyway, sorry, I wish I could help, but that’s all the information I can contribute. I know the datasource issue is going to be a pain in the rear because the difference between CF5 datasource setup and CF6+ aren’t the same. In fact, CF6 setup is different from CF7/8 setup as well as they split the XML file into 2 parts.

  4. Anuj Gakhar on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:28 pm #

    Thanks Todd. I thought that was the case, just wanted to ask around to make sure. By the way, even if you make your CF server a non-licensed version, how would that help? Sorry if thats a silly question, I am just knackered after a long day.

  5. Todd Rafferty on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:39 pm #

    Kicking it into non-licensed reverts it to a developer edition. Developer & Enterprise editions are able to use CAR files to import/export.

  6. Anuj Gakhar on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:42 pm #

    But I dont think CF5 supports CAR files.

  7. Todd Rafferty on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:45 pm #

    Honestly, I don’t remember. We’re running a CF5 box, but it’s a standard version and also a production box, so I can’t do anything to it to check for you.

  8. Anuj Gakhar on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:57 pm #

    Ofcourse Todd, I dont even expect you to play with your production box. Thanks for your help.

  9. Aaron Longnion on 24 Jan 2008 at 8:08 pm #

    I have no idea if this would work, but what if you upgraded the CF 5 standard server to CF 8 Developer, and if the settings get properly copied over then you’d just have to make a .CAR file to distribute to where ever you need them…

  10. Anuj Gakhar on 25 Jan 2008 at 10:29 am #

    @Aaron, Thanks for the suggestion. However, that would not be an option as CF 5 box is a produciton box and needs to run as well until everything is migrated.

  11. Anuj Gakhar on 4 Feb 2008 at 11:28 am #

    As an update here, I havent been able to find anything that would solve my problem and the only option left is to do it all manually on the new server which is a shame . Adobe should come up with some kind of import/export tool for standard versions as well. And I think there are still a lot of CF5 users out there and there should be some tool to migrate your settings from CF5 is you decide to upgrade to CF8 etc…

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