Installation Error & Resolution & Question

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So here’s what I was looking at and how I fixed it step, by step… but still have a question…

Error Occurred While Processing Request

Could not find the ColdFusion component or interface coldbox.system.web.services.BaseService.

Ensure that the name is correct and that the component or interface exists.

The error occurred in C:/ColdFusion2016/cfusion/wwwroot/scorecard01/coldbox/system/web/Controller.cfc: line 88
Called from C:/ColdFusion2016/cfusion/wwwroot/scorecard01/coldbox/system/Bootstrap.cfc: line 69
Called from C:/ColdFusion2016/cfusion/wwwroot/scorecard01/Application.cfc: line 29

86 : 
87 : 		// LogBox Default Configuration & Creation
**88 : 		services.loaderService 		= new coldbox.system.web.services.LoaderService( this );**
89 : 		variables.logBox 			= services.loaderService.createDefaultLogBox();
90 : 		variables.log 				= variables.logBox.getLogger( this );

  1. I have “ColdFusion 2016 Update 1” installed using the developer edition and the included webserver

  2. the default CF root directory for the included webserver is C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot

  3. created a subdirectory for the cold box application, let’s call it “myApp” i.e. “C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\myApp”

  4. downloaded commandbox and ran it with some “help” commands to make sure it was working.

  5. within commandbox changed directory to C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\myApp

  6. ran the command: “coldbox create app myApp --installColdBox”

  7. opened a browser to “http://localhost:8500/myApp” and got the error above.

  8. in looking over the previous posts it seems that i needed to create a CF Admin Mapping as follows
    Logical Path: /coldbox
    Directory Path: C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\myApp\coldbox

  9. stopped/started CF service

  10. working!

now i guess my only problem is that i can only have one mapping to /coldbox in the CF Admin so if i have multiple apps i would have to keep changing mappings… I saw something about changing a setting in the C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\myApp\application.cfc file. if so, is there a pointer to that approach?

Thanks,

Bill

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You don’t need a mapping if you had actually had the webroot as myApp, which is the best thing to do for IIS when creating sites. Virtual Directories off a central webroot gets messy, separate sites for each application is a much preferred way to do it.

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Almost every time I see an error like that it’s because you have a server level mapping that points to a different ColdBox install or you have your coldbox app in a subfolder and the coldbox framework is in that subfolder but you don’t have any mappings.

I would recommend always setting up a this.mappings in your Application.cfc that maps /coldbox if you’re using the non-inheritance approach.

Thanks!

~Brad

ColdBox Platform Evangelist
Ortus Solutions, Corp

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