I don't have very much experience with linux so I was expecting all sorts of command line stumbling blocks but I was amazed at how easy everything was to set up, barring a couple of hiccups.
I thought I'd post a log of what I did to get the server working (mostly for my own benefit so I've got a permanent record in case I need to do it again). It's not massively detailed so don't expect a breakdown on how to install and configure things like the secure FTP client WinSCP.
I'm absolutely certain that there are better ways of doing it, and I welcome any comments about how I could have done things differently.
Install Log
On the windows machine
- Download and install these useful remote administration tools:
On the linux machine
- Install Ubuntu desktop edition (I used a Pentium III, 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM)
- Install SSH server - sudo apt-get install openssh-server
- Install Apache - sudo apt-get install apache2
- Install Zope (see How to setup Plone from source for some pointers on this) - sudo apt-get install zope2.9 (if you leave off the 2.9 bit it will probably find the package containing the latest version)
- Make a Zope instance - sudo /usr/lib/zope2.9/bin/mkzopeinstance.py
- Provide the information requested:
- Directory: /var/zope/instance001
- Username: user
- Password: pass
- If necessary edit zope.conf to specify port number, etc (it may be necessary to use a terminal to change the owner of zope.conf before you can save the changes to files that you edit)
- sudo chown user /var/zope/instance001/etc/zope.conf
- and then back again when you have finished
- sudo chown zope /var/zope/instance001/etc/zope.conf
- Run zope - sudo /var/zope/instance001/bin/runzope (or, to run it in debug mode: sudo /var/zope/instance001/bin/runzope -X "debug-mode=on")
- or:
- sudo /var/zope/instance001/bin/zopectl start
- sudo /var/zope/instance001/bin/zopectl stop
- Install PIL - sudo apt-get install python-imaging
- Download and install Plone 2.5.2 (you may have to change ownership on the Products folder before you can transfer the Plone files to the Products directory)
Apache setup - See HTTPD - Apache2 Web Server to see how Apache is configured in Ubuntu
- to create a new virtual host, make a copy of the default site and then - sudo a2ensite site-name
- To enable a module - sudo a2enmod module-name
- Enable mod_proxy and mod_rewrite
- sudo a2enmod proxy
- sudo a2enmod proxy_http
- sudo a2enmod rewrite
- Edit proxy.conf to allow proxying (I could only do this by enabling proxying from the specific client I was accessing the site from but I need to find a better way as this opens up the server to general proxying which is bad)
- Change 'Proxyrequests Off' to 'Proxyrequests On'
- Add 'Allow from all' in tag
- To restart apache:
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
- or:
- sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
For accessing the ubuntu server using a remote windows environment:
- On the Ubuntu machine, log in locally to the desktop and open System -> Adminstration -> Login Window
- In the 'Remote' tab, select 'Same as Local' from the 'Style' drop down list
- On the Windows machine, Install Cygwin and the X11 components
- Edit [CYGWIN_INSTALL_DRIVE]:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxdmcp.bat setting the IP address of the REMOTE_HOST to the IP address of the Ubuntu server
- Launch [CYGWIN_INSTALL_DRIVE]:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxdmcp.bat
- Note - By default, this will only allow you to have one session running simultaneously but this can be configured in the Login Window settings in Ubuntu
- For further help, see:
2 comments:
I was having some issues installing Zope. Your log was very helpful
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