ColdFusion conflict with the ArcIMS servlet engine

Description

If ArcIMS and ColdFusion MX are installed on the same machine, the HelloWorldExample or the TestServlet tests may work, but the ArcIMS Diagnostic tests may fail with errors.

The specific errors may vary, but the messages typically contain ColdFusion or JRUN related text and/or an HTTP 404 "Page Cannot Be Found" error.

Cause

ColdFusion MX runs an internal JRUN servlet engine, which may interfere with the Tomcat or ServletExec servlet engine used by ArcIMS.

Solution or Workaround

1. Edit the following file:
   <ColdFusionMX-Directory>\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\default-web.xml
   
   

   Note:
    For ColdFusion MX7, the path is as follows:
   <ColdFusionMX-Directory>\runtime\servers\coldfusion\SERVER-INF\default-web.xml

   
   
2. Locate the following code:
   
   

   Code:
   <servlet-mapping> 
   <servlet-name>ServletInvoker</servlet-name> 
   <url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern> 
   </servlet-mapping>

   
   
3. Comment out the servlet-mapping code by adding "<!--" at the beginning of the code and "-->" at the end. For example:
   
   

   Code:
   <!-- 
   <servlet-mapping> 
   <servlet-name>ServletInvoker</servlet-name> 
   <url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern> 
   </servlet-mapping> 
   -->

   
   
4. Save and close the file.
5. Restart the ColdFusion Application Server.