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  • 64-bit RHEL 6 (Coldfusion can allocate more than 2 GB of memory).
  • Coldfusion 10 using Java 1.7
  • PHP 5.4 / 7
  • Python 2.7
  • Ruby 1.9.3
  • Perl 5.16
  • MySQL 5.5
    • MySQL database located on same VM versus separate.
  • Local storage
  • Updated administrative tools
    • Can now modify both “.wdaccess” and “.htaccess” via web interface.
    • Can upload files via PHP Shell.
    • Can utilize “pip” for installing Python software.
  • Shared Apache instance
    • Provides lower memory footprint for hosting multiple isolated instances.

The PHP Shell/virtualenv utilities are no longer an “experimental” utility. There are some new “experimental” features that may be of interest for advanced web developers by special request.

  • Git Repository
    • A git repository that can be used as an alternative to webdav for publishing code.
  • Mercurial Repository
    • A mercurial repository that can be used as an alternative to webdav for publishing code.

Coldfusion 10

  • Secure Profile enabled.
  • Table of these listings can be found at: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/10.0/Admin/WSf23b27ebc7b554b629cab0421369741d5a7-7fff.html
  • In a development setting you may want to remove the custom error templates to restore behavior similar to Coldfusion 9.
  • Oracle (tm) JDBC driver included.
  • The Oracle driver from Adobe is provided, but does not officially support Oracle 12g databases. It is recommended to use the Oracle JDBC driver that Hosting provides.

PHP

  • php_suhosin is no longer available.

MySQL

  • Please use “localhost” in your config files and apps.

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