"Migrating CF Admin settings between versions, safely" with Charlie Arehart--CFMeetup

Online ColdFusion Meetup (coldfusionmeetup.com) for Aug 1, 2024:

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker):

When moving from one CF version to another (or even to the same version but from one machine or instance to another), someone will face the need to "bring along" the CF Admin settings, including such things as datasources, scheduled tasks, mappings, and so on. How can that be done quickly and safely? (Note that you should NOT just "copy over the neo xml files", nor must you "open two tabs/screens and start copy/pasting between them".) Did you know there are a few different ways to migrate admin settings safely—one of which is new starting with CF2021?

In this session, veteran CF troubleshooter Charlie Arehart will walk through these options, some old and some new, some built into CF and some freely available. We'll also cover briefly COMPARING CF Admin settings between two CF instances—again, other than just eyeballing two tabs/screens—as such a comparison can be very helpful to check things whether before or after such a migration.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

A veteran server troubleshooter with over thirty years' experience in enterprise IT, Charlie Arehart (@carehart) is a longtime contributor to the CF community and Adobe Community Professional. As an independent consultant, he provides remote, short-term, and even on-demand troubleshooting/tuning assistance for organizations of all sizes and experience levels (carehart.org/consulting).