Plone 3 - Apache2/SSL - Squid on FreeBSD 7 with PF

How to configure a Plone 3 production server with Squid and Apache 2 + SSL on a FreeBSD 7 server with PF, the packet filter. (updated for Plone 3.3.5)

  1. Introduction (READ THIS FIRST) Tutorial Overview
  2. Prepare FreeBSD Kernel modules and tunable parameters
  3. Setup Server Environment Create privileged users & install Python 2.4, PIL, Apache2, LibXML2, ZopeSkel & Setuptools
  4. Setup Plone & configure Buildout Create & Configure Plone instance via zc.buildout (updated for Plone 3.3.5)
  5. Configure Apache Configure Apache 2.2 VirtualHosts for HTTP/HTTPS, Generate SSL key
  6. Configure Squid Configure Squid
  7. Configure PF Configure PF Firewall
  8. Start All Services Configure CacheSetup - Start Apache, Squid, Plone

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