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Running Plone and Zope behind an Apache 2 web server

How to set up an Apache 2 web server as proxy with disk caching and deflating.

  1. Preface and Apache 2 module configuration This tutorial describes how to set up an Apache 2 webserver as proxy with disk caching and deflating (compressing like mod_gzip) for Zope under Debian Testing. It may or may not be working with other distributions. Please send me feedback.
  2. Zope configuration Next up is making sure your Zope server is configured correctly.
  3. Apache 2 virtual host Then it's time to set up the Apache VirtualHost.
  4. How VHM works The Virtual Host Monster adds some magic to the traversal process of Zope. Two special keywords are added (VirtualHostBase and VirtualHostRoot) which allows you to configure the virtual host and the base folder inside your Zope instance.
  5. FastCGI for Apache2 How to compile mod_fastcgi for Apache 2 under Debian.
  6. mod_proxy vs. mod_ssl vars How to access the mod_ssl vars.
  7. Appendix

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