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Hi Folks,

I am currently configuring the REST path in the ColdFusion Administrator, pointing to a root folder where my CFCs are located. The setup works fine in my local environment, but I am encountering an issue in the development (dev) environment.

While attempting to register the REST service in the dev environment, I am receiving the following error message:
*Error registering REST service. Please ensure that you have entered a proper mapping and path.*
*Application Ratio could not be initialized.*
*Reason: null*

I am unsure why this issue is occurring specifically in the dev environment. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Do you have an application.cfc / .cfm in line with those REST CFCs?  Are other pages in that app loading correctly?

Hi,
The application was running with `Application.cfm` in both the development and local environments, and the application file was located in the root directory.

It seems I now need to configure the path and switch to using `Application.cfc` for proper REST service functionality.

However, I'm a bit confused, as both my local and development environments are running *ColdFusion 2021*, yet it appears that only the development environment requires `Application.cfc`. This may be due to a recent patch update or a specific configuration difference between the environments.

Would appreciate any insights on why this discrepancy exists between the two environments, despite both using the same version of ColdFusion.

I don't think ACF has any restrictions on using the Application.cfm.  BUT there may be a setting in the CF Administrator that has the server only using the Application.cfc file.  OR that application.cfm may be corrupted/not working.

With a view toward the future, if you implement REST in ColdFusion, you have no choice but to switch from Application.cfm to Application.cfc.

Application.cfm's &lt;cfapplication&gt; tag simply does not support advanced settings such as REST-specific configurations. All REST configurations must be done using Application.cfc.

There is no direct equivalent in &lt;cfapplication&gt; for the struct "this.restSettings". This has direct relevance to your question. For example, `this.restSettings.enabled=true` enables REST and `this.restSettings.cfcLocation` defines the directory containing REST CFCs.