On Dec 27, 2007, at 12:54 PM, ExacMan wrote:
Hi.
We're relatively new users of Zope 2.10.5 final, Python 2.4.4, and
Plone
3.0.4. After having reviewed most of the documentation related to the
configuration, we decided to use VHM (virtual host monster) to
handle the
virtual hosting of our main website to the /Plone instance, and
changed the
zope.conf to reflect port 80.
The difficulty now is that we cannot get to the admin without remoting
directly to the webserver and connecting via http://localhost/
manage. We
want to be able to get to the Plone admin as well as the /Plone
instance
without doing this (i.e. using a web browser).
I know that in reading the support documents and other web
resources, that
many people are using Apache instead, and also it is recommended to
expose
the admin in a different way (and we're in particular not doing it
right),
but I have found no coherent articles on how to accomplish this.
I've used
this link for example to sort of show me how it works:
http://www.insmallsteps.com/lessons/lesson-hosting-install/mapping-
the-virtual-host
http://www.insmallsteps.com/lessons/lesson-hosting-install/mapping-
the-virtual-host
but it go further on explaining how to set up the
admin.yourwebsite.com to
work properly with VHM.
Excuse the newbieness, but I very little familiarity with Plone/
Zope so any
help would be most appreciated. We're about to go live with our
site, and
I'm proud to say we're very happy with Plone/Zope so far from a
user-friendly standpoint.
If additional information is needed, please let me know.
Craig.
You can still use a bare-zope configuration to reach multiple virtual
domains on your instance, including the zope root. Just add another
line to the VHM mappings. An example:
www.example.com /Plone
www2.example.com /Plone2
zoperoot.example.com /
Of course, this example assumes you've set up the necessary DNS
records for these domains. This example is done with multiple
subdomains but you can also do something like this with multiple
ports instead. Note, technically the third line above isn't strictly
necessary as any domain not matched by a VHM rule will just default
to using the zope root as the domain root.
In any case, it's true that many production installations use
something like Apache in front to proxy the requests. One advantage
with an Apache-proxy is the ability to easily merge non-Plone web
resources into the same domain space. The most popular way to do
this is again by leveraging VHM. Read the instructions in the
"about" tab in the VHM about using it's path-based negotiation.
Some more references:
Running Plone and Zope behind an Apache 2 web server
http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/plone-apache
Mixing Local Apache and Proxyed Content
http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/mixing-apache-and-plone
Setting up a Plone Proxy (IIS) on Windows
http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/plone-proxy-iis-windows
Installing Plone with Apache
http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/plone-with-apache
Note, some of the instructions in these references aren't entirely
accurate but they're mostly fine. If you have any issues, feel free
to ask again.
Ric
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