Fwd: [Zope] Server Spontaneously Quitting

[Patrick Kirk]

I like the way you shield zope behind apache for all purposes but I 
don't understand the sections that say Zope management rule.

Why do you use http://zope.domain.com/buystuff/manage instead of 
www.buystuff.com/manage?

Best regards,


Patrick Kirk
Mobile: 07876 560 646




Troy Farrell wrote:
> Looks good.  I'd make one change.  In my setups, I'm adamant that Zope 
> is not accessed, except by via apache.  I edit my zope setup to listen 
> only on localhost (127.0.0.1) and change my Apache RewriteRules to use 
> that instead of the server ip (111.111.111.111.)  I also like my 
> managing to be done via https so passwords are not passed cleartext. For 
> that to work, I have an additional domain (or sub-domain.)
> 
> Zope looks like this:
> 
> Zope root (zope.domain.com)
>  + buystuff (buystuff.com)
>  + mycause (mycause.com)
> 
> Apache listens on 443 and 80, then I use the following rewrite rules
> 
> buystuff.com:
>     # Zope management rule
>     RewriteRule ^(.*)/manage(.*) 
> https://zope.domain.com/buystuff$1/manage$2 [R]
>     # Zope VHM rule
>     RewriteRule ^/(.*) 
> http://127.0.0.1:8081/VirtualHostBase/http/www.buystuff.com:80/buystuff/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
> [L,P]
> 
> mycause.org:
>     # Zope management rule
>     RewriteRule ^(.*)/manage(.*) 
> https://zope.domain.com/mycause$1/manage$2 [R]
>     # Zope VHM rule
>     RewriteRule ^/(.*) 
> http://127.0.0.1:8081/VirtualHostBase/http/www.mycause.org:80/mycause/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
> [L,P]
> 
> This way, you only have one IP and one SSL cert - saves money.  BTW, 
> 'buystuff$1' is not a typo.  It's needed because the pattern match 
> includes the forward-slash.
> 
> Troy
> 
> Patrick Kirk wrote:
> 
>> OK.  I'd be grateful if others on the list would read this as well to 
>> provide a sanity check.
>>
>> Step 1: Put a Virtual Host Monster in your Zope root folder.  Give it 
>> a unique id but it really doesn't matter what you call it.
>>
>> Step 2: Let us assume you have a site called http://www.buystuff.com 
>> served from a folder called "buystuff" in your root directory and a 
>> site called http://www.mycause.org is served from "mycause" folder.  
>> Lets also assume your IP is 111.111.111.111 and Zope is on port 8081 
>> with Apache on port 80.
>>
>> Step 3: The virtual hosts section for www.buystuff.com will read:
>> <VirtualHost *:80>
>>     ServerAdmin you at you.com
>>     DocumentRoot /this/does/not/matter
>>     ServerName www.buystuff.com
>>     ErrorLog logs/www.buystuff.com-error_log
>>     CustomLog logs/www.buystuff.com-access_log common
>>     RewriteEngine on
>>     RewriteRule ^/(.*) 
>> http://111.111.111.111:8081/VirtualHostBase/http/www.buystuff.com:80/buystuff/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
>> [NC,L,P]
>>
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> Step 4: The virtual hosts section for www.mycause.org will read:
>> <VirtualHost *:80>
>>     ServerAdmin you at you.com
>>     DocumentRoot /this/does/not/matter
>>     ServerName www.mycause.org
>>     ErrorLog logs/www.mycause.org-error_log
>>     CustomLog logs/www.mycause.org-access_log common
>>     RewriteEngine on
>>     RewriteRule ^/(.*) 
>> http://111.111.111.111:8081/VirtualHostBase/http/www.mycause.org:80/mycause/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
>> [NC,L,P]
>>
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> Apart from the [NC,L,P] this is from the virtual host monster 
>> documentation.  And others on this list gave me them!
>>
>> Step 5: Run the command "apachectl configtest" and it will tell you if 
>> there are any syntax errors without requiring you to restart apache 
>> and find out the hard way you've put a comma in the wrong place.
>>
>> Step 6: Run "apachectl restart" and your sites should now be served 
>> from Zope through Apache.  And the beauty of it is that it just works.
>>
>> If you have any problems, let us know.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Patrick Kirk