After binding Apache2.x and ColdFusion 8, I find it very useful to follow the post-install instructions below:

  1. Copying ColdFusion Admin directory to /wwwroot (webroot)
# ln -s /var/www /wwwroot
# cp -Rf /opt/coldfusion8/wwwroot/CFIDE /wwwroot/
# rm /wwwroot/index.html
# cd /wwwroot
# ln -s CFIDE cfide
  1. Adding index.cfm to DirectoryIndex.
# vim /etc/apache2/mods-available/dir.conf
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm index.cfm
  1. Restart apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop 
/etc/init.d/apache2 start
  1. Browse Admin page for the first time