Getting ColdFusion 8/9 downloads (with Verity): ways that may work even after today
Note: This blog post is from 2012. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.
By now most in the CF world (who are connected to community news, at least) should have heard that today is the last day Adobe will be offering a release of CF 9 including Verity, and CF8 at all. I offer here a little more news on that, but more important I offer how you can still find and get those downloads if you want them, even when no longer listed as links on the site. They're now no longer easy to find.
(And I have updated the entry as of Aug 3, 2012, and all below still applies, unless stricken out.)
First, as for what's changing, it's that Adobe has to "pull from the shelves" any releases of CF that include Verity. But while many have been asserting that CF9 was going away, that's not true. And even CF8 can be obtained formally under certain conditions.
But I also offer here some ways you may be able to get these files even if Adobe no longer offers links to them.
But let's tackle a few points of common misinformation this week.
Thank you for providing a much better explanation, really what Adobe should have communicated from the start. The links you have under Finding full installer downloads that are CF 9.0.1 are for Update 1 which requires 9.0.0 to be installed first. I have updated my post from earlier today will all the links to download full installers for 8.0.1 and 9.0.0 from trials.adobe.com
http://www.dcepler.n...
Again with your caveat, they all could just disappear, but the were all working as of 7:30pm EDT May 31.
Thanks for the note about my listing the updaters under full installers. That was just a mistake of editing. I was focused first on the 801 installer I had, then I grabbed some more but forgot they were updaters and this list was under full installers. I've moved them up to the "updaters" section.
But your list is great, and I recommend people go there! As we both said, though, it's iffy how much longer they'll be there at all. Maybe someone will post a dropbox or other location that they may be willing to sacrifice for the cause. :-)
And lest anyone think there's something wrong with that, I wouldn't think so. Adobe is no longer allowed to offer them. That doesn't mean others can't. And to be clear, these are all installers that require a valid license key to use in production, so there's nothing fishy about offering the installers separate from what Adobe would.
But David and I are focused (for now) on simply helping point where they are, at Adobe, for however long they may be there. :-)
Thanks. The true genesis of my post though was that I needed to get the CF 8 Update 1 for a server at work a few days ago and had to dig for it. But yes great minds.
Actually I was already thinking of throwing them all up some place when they vanish, but as of 7:50am EDT June 1st all the installer links on my post still functioned from Adobe.
As for your app not running on CF 9 or 10, I'm a bit surprised to hear that. I'm not aware of any major compatibility changes. I will propose that people often end up finding their apps broken when CF hotfixes (individual, cumulative, or security) have been applied to their server - - or, should I say, misapplied. It's easy for things to get busted - - and the result is that apps that used to work now no longer do. I discussed this more in a blog entry: http://www.carehart.... Hope that may help.
I Have gone through your blog. Its sound good and lot of info is available regarding hot fixes and functionality of CFs with different Versions. We need small help from you to download CF8.0.1. We need CF 8.0.1 Windows 64-bit full installer download, provided link is not working. We need this to install in my 64-bit test Environment to test upgrade CF8 to CF9.0.2. Please share the link.
Thanks in Advance.
Again, Thanks
I was just hired to support a website using a host that still has them on CF8. At the time of this writing, CF9 and CF10 are both still available via Adobe's website, but CF8 is not. Since they're "renting" the license as part of the hosting, there isn't a support contract directly with Adobe, and I couldn't convince the host to follow the path through Adobe support to get the download. I was lucky to find this post.
Much appreciation to you and Gavin for the efforts.
BTW, the best URL to note going forward for his repo (of current and former CF installers) is:
http://www.gpickin.c...
We used to have a tinyurl pointing to it, but the host who runs the place where he holds the file (copy.com) changed the first URL the tinyurl pointed to, and sadly you can't change a tinyurl once it's created. I did create a new one:
http://tinyurl.com/c...
That's just hackey looking, so I offer Gavin's URL above, which was his way to ensure that there's always a URL that works.
http://bit.ly.com/cf...
For more info, see my previous comment from 9/22/14 above for more on this, or a new blog entry I just posted: http://www.carehart....
I know this was written 9 years ago, but it's just saved my bacon - I haven't used CF in about 8-9 years now, but since I've got experience I was called in to help on a crashed Linux server and rebuild a new one, but as the license is for CF8, getting an older version was pretty much impossible
Anyways, not spoken to you in YEARS, and I'm glad your blog is as useful as it's always been :)
Phil
But with time does come a need to change some URLs. And the CFML Repo (created so many years ago by Gavin Pickin, and still supported by him and others in the community) is now at http://www.cfmlrepo.... . The gpickin.com links above no longer work, and sadly the bit.ly links can't be changed to point to the new location (without my paying for a subscription, which is not worth it in this case).
Hope that helps other readers who may find this going forward.