Error 500 on ColdFusion9 when hosted on Plesk V 11.0.9

Category: Linux

After installing Coldfusion on windows plesk11 platform, coldfusion site doesn’t work and comes up with the following error:

HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.

Detailed Error Information
Module: IsapiModule
Notification: ExecuteRequestHandler
Handler: ColdFusion-wildcard
Error Code: 0x800700c1

Requested URL: http://domain.com:80/
Physical Path: C:Inetpubvhostsdomain.comhttpdocs
Logon Method: Anonymous
Logon User: Anonymous

Solution:

Plesk Configuration:

1. Go to plesk control panel.
2. Choose required web space at the top of the page.
3. Click on Website & Domains.
4. Click on Show Advanced Options.
5. Click on Dedicated Application pool for you websites.
6. Switch on the Application Pool.

Windows Server Configuration:

1. Open IIS.
2. Click on Application Pools.
3. Now you will be able to see the available Application Pools where a new created Application pool by Plesk can be seen which appears with the name of the website.
4. Click to highlight the Application Pool.
5. On your right, click on Advanced Settings.
6. On the new screen, Change the second option ‘Enable 32-Bit Applications’ to False.
7. Click Ok.
8. Now again right click on the Application Pool and select ‘Recycle’ which will restart this Application Pool.

ColdFusion Settings:

1. Open Web Server Configuration Tool.
2. Click Add.
3. On the next screen, choose your coldfusion website from the drop down and click Ok.

Now you can open your browser to test the coldfusion website.

Note: Only coldfusion sites needs a new application pool, other sites does work using the plesk default application pool.

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