Is there an easier way to configure a PDF service in a CommandBox (CB) CF server than what I've been doing (and which now appears to no longer work for me). Steps I take after a new CB update is: • identify the cfusion location in my ~/.Commandbox/server/ which I usually select from the list of many based on last modified date. • Install the Adobe Add-On Services download and reference the above location of cfusion during that install. I place the Adobe Add-On folder in c:\ColdFUsionAdd-onServices • Inside the first step location for cfusion, locate the .prikey in the cfusion\lib folder and swap it for one not broken that another forum member here on Slack provided a while back. • Start CB and CF2018 server. The error I am getting after all that (in CF Admin panel) is can not connect to the PDFg service. The log string says "Error in setting up authentication for PDFg services. " This usually indicates the .prikey is not working. Advice is appreciated.

WIth commandbox you can use the cfpm command which is simply calling the cfpm command installed in your server.

Thanks for your suggestion. Is there an implied location for that? I get an error trying this since my working directory is my project, not my CF server.

No Adobe 2021+ server found in [C:\Users\...

Do you use commandbox to start your server?

Yes

ok so you have to

cd

into the project folder and before you run

server start

run

cfpm install pdf

then finally

server start

My pwd is in the project folder but my cfusion is not there. It is in ~/.commandbox

yeah thats the default. thats ok. do you get server info with this command

server info

Yes

wwwroot80 (stopped)  127.0.0.1:60767 --> C:\Users\...
  CF Engine: adobe 2018.0.15+330106
  Last Started: 22-Nov-2022 10:24:56

  Last status message:
  [INFO ] runwar.context: **** sending stop request to socket 127.0.0.1:61610
  [INFO ] runwar.context: *** stopped.
  [INFO ] runwar.context: ******************************************************************************

cfpm install pdf

this command should now work

No still fails:

CommandBox> cfpm install pdf
No Adobe 2021+ server found in [C:\Users\bholm\Projects\IHS-DFSC\STARS 2\branch\rm12263\wwwroot\]

server info says you have acf 2018, and cfpm says it can't find acf 2021. perhaps you have conflicting server names try to identify if you have multiple servers for the current PWD...

server list

That lists 94 stopped servers and 1 running but they are all 2018 CF

oh my

I'd like to clear that out but not sure how

well there is one command

server forget --all

then you can

server start

again on the current pwd....HOWEVER, I don't know if you are doing anything custom to those server without commandbox because if you do this forget command will delete all that. The server config should be saved in your server.json and .cfconfig.json files part of your application code. I run

server forget --all

every so often but I'm confident I'm not loosing anything.

I have and use bot those files... server.json and .cfconfig.json

have you done any CF Admin changes that you haven't exported to .cfconfig.json?

I don't think so

no, but you can do one by one

What about just going into the .Commandbox/server folder and removing all those folders there (except for the latest two)?

yeah sure. I belive that would ok to do. but not sure.

@bdw429s is it "safe" to delete the above folders from ~/.CommandBox/server folder?

well, I don't know, but the answer lies in the commandbox code. I assume both are using current current working directory name or the name in server.json then looking at the list of servers for a match. perhaps the list is sorted differently for the CFPM command vs the server info command.

That appears to be working.

So trying to read through this thread, I have no freaking clue what you guys are trying to accomplish, lol