Fwd: [Zope] Server Spontaneously Quitting

[Troy Farrell]

Ah.  Look closely.  I'm redirecting http://buystuff.com/manage to
HTTPS://zope.domain.com/buystuff/manage

Patrick Kirk wrote:
> 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