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@[...].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/VirtualHost
Root/$1 
> > [NC,L,P]
> >
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > Step 4: The virtual hosts section for www.mycause.org will read:
> > <VirtualHost *:80>
> >     ServerAdmin 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/VirtualHostRo
ot/$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

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