onServerStart

Called upon startup of the server. Typically defined in server.cfc and placed at the webroot. In the ColdFusion Administrator > Setting check 'Component with onServerStart() method' and specify the file. The function is useful for application-independent tasks, and specifying the server specific environment variables and other general tasks.

function onServerStart() { } → returns void

Links more information about onServerStart

• Adobe ColdFusion reference - From the Adobe documentation. Useful to see the typical setup.
• Manually calling onServerStart - Raymond Camden shows how to easily manually call the onServerStart function.

Examples

Sample code invoking the onServerStart function

<cfcomponent>    <cffunction name="onServerStart">        <cfset server.environment = "Dev-Server">        <cfset server.tech_support = "joe.bloggs@example.com">    </cffunction></cfcomponent>