ColdFusion 101: The Installation - Installing ColdFusion MX (contd.)
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Click 'Next >' to continue. The next screen is the Password setup screen. These passwords are for the ColdFusion administrator and the ColdFusion RDS service. The administrator is a web-based interface where you setup data sources, custom tags, debugging, and a whole host of other options. The RDS service is what allows Dreamweaver MX or ColdFusion Studio to connect to the ColdFusion box to allow those tools to see the databases and files on a selected ColdFusion box.
Go ahead and set your passwords and then click 'Next >'. The next screen is the final screen. Once you click 'Next >', the installation process is in full swing. It only takes a few minutes to install. So when you are ready, click 'Install':
If your install seems to hang at the very end, be patient. I have had my install 'hang' for a few minutes and then it finishes. The installer is doing something that takes a fair amount of time to accomplish. Once you see this screen the installation is complete. Go ahead and click 'Finish':
After you click 'Finish', the ColdFusion Administrator should open in a browser window along with a popup window displaying a 'Welcome to ColdFusion' message. If you see these then your install was successful and you are now ready to start using ColdFusion... congratulations!
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