[Zope] FastCGI didn't use to need VirtualhostMonster???

[Simon Blandford]

Philip Kilner wrote:

> Hi Simon,
>
> Simon J. Blandford wrote:
>
>> Can someone please tell me what changed between then and now. Is it
>> Apache, FastCGI or Zope? Also, is there anyway I can get this system to
>> work again without resorting to unsightly Virtualhostmonsters?
>>
>
> I'm not sure why you don't want to use VHM here, or why you think it's 
> ugly. I've never had /any/ luck with FastCGI, so I'm approaching this 
> from the other end of the spectrum...

Not sure what the situation is now but two years ago when I first tried 
using the "virtual site root" and proxy method there were some 
plug-ins/products that could not handle it. Is VHM the same?

Once FastCGI was compiled it was 10x less complicated to implement than 
any other method. No modification was required to Zope. It just worked 
under http://hostname/Zope transparently with only a few extra lines in 
httpd.conf (as detailed in previous email). Easy!

>
> In Zope (with Apache), you only need /install/ a VHM - it is 100% 
> configuration free, and will happily sit in the root of your Zope 
> install.


But does it work with 100% of the products?

>
> In Apache, you just need a rewrite rule, which is not pretty but is 
> not complicated either. See: -
>
>     http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/VirtualHosting.stx
>
> ...for the docs.
>
> N.B. All my Apaches are 1.3.x - but I doubt if much if anything 
> differs in 2.x...
>
>
Well, it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and follow the new 
docs. It's only a little more hassle. I'm just curious to know if anyone 
remembers the old FastCGI method and what changed over the last two 
years to stop it working so transparently.

Regards,
SimonB