Setup Mac OS X + Apache + Railo

A fews days ago I upgraded to a Macbook Pro and I already spent almost two days on reinstalling software, copying documents etc etc (An upgrade is an opportunity for me to get rid of old software and ballast).

Today I started with the Apache / railo setup using a guide by Luid Majano (I had to download the Apple XCode Setup file (almost 1 GB) in order to compile the connector for Apache and reset the httpd to 32 bit instead of 64 bit).

Further problems I had to solve:

• Read how to fix the "Apache Error: Client denied by server configuration" error (very restrictive configuration makes sense on real life systems but on dev systems ...?)

• I wasn't able to access my files until I executed a chmod a+x on every directory in the path to the webroot (apache log [error] [client ::1] (13)Permission denied:)

Now it's working like a charm.

ColdFusion / MacOS 10.5 / WebConnector: Not again!!

Every update of apache is a real pain for me and maybe most of the ColdFusion community. Each time the server engine is updated, the WebConnector has to be updated as well. In the current case, I decided to update my Mac OS finally to Leopard (10.5) and - bingo - with the apache update from 1.3 to 2.2 the whole connector stuff isn't working any more.
One solution might have been again to download the whole connector sources (XCode) and compile the connector myself - some hours work plus about 1-2 GB downloads for an about 90kb file.
The other solution: Follow these instructions and download the file offered for download.