By Peter Bell

CF on Mac, MSSQL on Parallels - More Gotchas

Posted At : February 17, 2007 6:29 PM | Posted By : Peter Bell
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So, I finally got round to getting CF running on OSX, but still needed to work with MSSQL 2005 under parallels. Mark Drew posted some great ideas but there are a couple of things he didn't come across.

Here are full instructions for all the problems I came across and what I had to do to get it working. Please let me know if anyone has any other problems I missed!

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Peter,

What was your CF-web server config? Are you using the built-in Apache, or did you manage to get 2.x up and running? Frankly, I'm about to give up on the whole thing - I've been compiling connectors, editing conf files, creating missing JRun stuff, and still got nothing but errors....it's been pretty frustrating.

/ejt

# Posted By Edward T | 2/17/07 9:19 PM

Edward,

Getting CF up and running on OSX is now VERY easy. Just do a clean install of MX7 and make sure to install it using the mult-server method.

Then go to http://www.web-relevant.com/blogs/cfobjective/inde...

and download the .app bundles to start/stop the server. Just place the .app bundles anywhere on your hard disk then clikc the StartCFMX app. After beating my head against the desk for days I finally found that post and was up and running in just minutes!

# Posted By Russ Johnson | 2/17/07 10:02 PM

BTW, I forgot to mention that I installed mine using the built-in webserver but this should work just fine with Apache as well.

# Posted By Russ Johnson | 2/17/07 10:03 PM

Thanks, Russ - this was just one of the references I was using, along with the great help over at WebMages blog and others...sadly, my experience has been less successful. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I have a macbook and not the pro version. I may give it another go from scratch, but I do know my way around a bit and so far, no go....

/ejt

# Posted By Edward T | 2/17/07 11:52 PM

Hi Ed, I stayed with Apache 1.3 and was one of the lucky ones for whom the instructions actually worked!

# Posted By Peter Bell | 2/18/07 7:33 PM

Hi.. I'm doing things slightly differently.. and unclear on how to browse directly to parallels. I'm running cfmx 7.02 and apache 2.0.58 on parallels.. app is up and running and I can browse to it from within parallels. But now, I'm trying to hit it via mac side. I'm on a network at work.. running tiger 10.4.x on a macbook pro.

I've tried using my assigned network ip..
I've tried using the ip I see in parallels when I run ipconfig.. which is a 10. address.
I've tried using the ips listed under network summary for parallels host-guest, and parallels NAT..

How do I browse to parallels from mac ?

Thx guys.

# Posted By Steve | 3/2/07 9:20 AM

Hi, i got to this thread looking for a solution on how to connect to a virtualized Windows XP using Parallels (will call it "PWIN" for short), so i can connect to a SQL Server instance installed on it, from other hosts on the network. I'v tried modifying the PWIN workgroup, but still, i can't PING it from the other hosts... i think it's got something to do with IP configuration on the PWIN, but haven't tried to mess with its TCP/IP configuration since i don't know if Parallels needs the configuration to be as it is now. So, i would like to know if someone has ever made this work, may be it's quite easy and i just can't realize it, or may be it just can't be done, who knows?, so... thx in advance for your help.

# Posted By Hugo Camacho | 3/6/07 12:05 PM

Thank you for this post! I was stuck in this exact predicament (CF on OS X, Parallels, and SQL Server 2005), and the IPAll trick and mixed authentication mode was exactly what I needed to get this working. Perfect.

# Posted By Rockwell | 10/29/07 5:42 PM

@Rockwell,

Glad it helped! You gotta love the blogosphere . . .

# Posted By Peter Bell | 10/29/07 5:54 PM

thanks so much. after toiling away for some 2 days i started from scratch. Your tutorial definitely helped.

# Posted By sona | 12/18/07 3:56 PM

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