# The ColdFusion Administrator

You use the Administrator to perform a variety of administrative tasks for the ColdFusion Server, such as adding and configuring a data source, or scheduling application page execution, configuring security settings, and so on. During the ColdFusion installation process, you specify an Administrator password that is used to prevent unauthorized access to the Administrator pages.

| To open the ColdFusion Administrator:

1. Double-click the ColdFusion Administrator icon in the ColdFusion program group

   or

2. Open the administrator by loading the following URL in a browser:

       http://hostname/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

   where hostname is the name of the server hosting ColdFusion.

   Note | The URL path is case-sensitive on UNIX.

## Accessing the Administrator remotely

To access ColdFusion Administrator pages remotely, you load the following URL:

    http://hostname/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

where hostname is the name of the system on which ColdFusion is installed. If you are using ColdFusion Administrator security, you will be prompted to enter a password. If your Web server provides security, access to the Administrator pages is governed by the Web server's permissions.

Once the Administrator page loads, click one of the Administrator links to work with a specific area of the Administrator.

ColdFusion Administrator Options
Category | Description
--- | ---
Server | Includes options for tuning server performance, as well as: Configuring Administrator and ColdFusion Studio passwords and security options Configuring cache settings Configuring settings that enable ColdFusion to work with Java Locking shared data to control simultaneous access Enabling and configuring ColdFusion application, session, and client variables Mapping directories ColdFusion version information
Data Sources | Configures ColdFusion data sources, including: Native database drivers for Oracle, Informix, DB2, and Sybase databases ODBC data sources OLE DB data sources (Windows only) Verifying a ColdFusion data source
Extensions | Includes options for registering Java applets and CFX tags: custom tags written in C++.
Logging | You use the Logging pages to configure a ColdFusion Administrator email address, and to: Specify a directory for ColdFusion log files Set mail logging options View ColdFusion log files
Automated tasks | The Automated tasks pages provide options for: Adding new scheduled tasks Specifying how often ColdFusion checks for new scheduled tasks to execute
Miscellaneous | Use the Mail page to specify a default mail server hostname as well as other mail-related configuration options. The debugging page allows you to enable and configure error message output for ColdFusion pages. The Verity page is for managing Verity search indexes. The Source Control page allows you to setup and configure server-side source control options.