Now that we have our test data, we are going to create a data source in the Railo Server web administrator. The administrator is where you can configure many aspects of Railo Server's behavior, which we will look at (in depth) later in this chapter. Let's go and setup a datasource pointing to the railobook database.
In your browser, head to the administrator by going to http://localhost:8888/railo-context/admin/web.cfm . This takes us to the Railo Web Administrator. If you have not already done this, you can enter a password to protect this area.
On the left-hand side of the Overview page, there is a list of links, under the Services category. From this list, locate the Datasource link and click on it.
We can create a new datasource by entering railobook in the Name field of the Create new datasource form and selecting MySQL from the Type drop down. Now, press the create button.
We can now set the details of the connection. In the...