This confused me for a bit. I enabled rds in the admin, then I setup the steps in the eclipse coldfusion rds configuration window but test connection always failed.

Turns out apache wasnt listening on the standard rds port 8500.

I went to the apache conf file and found the line that says Listen 80. I added just below it Listen 8500 and restarted.

Testing the connection via eclipse then gave me the joy!

Wait, theres more! So, then the little green bug was’nt visible on my toolbar. I clicked on an icon on the far right of the icons area. It says Java and has a little target and 2 balls and the word Java. This made the bug appear.

Then I got to the configurations screen. Here you actually have to double click the Coldfusion Application icon. (yup, that my of been obvious to the smarter people).

Everything else is buttah and the debugger is pretty sweet!

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