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- ZServer Installation
- --------------------
-
- Requirements
-
- ZServer comes with Zope 2. Though ZServer can be used with earlier
- versions of Zope, this is not supported and not covered by this
- document.
-
- Configuration
-
- To run ZServer you simply execute the z2.py start script which is
- located in your Zope directory. You can pass commandline arguments
- to the start script in order to run Zope with different options. In
- order to see a list of options use the '-h' help option.
-
- Here's an example of use::
-
- $ python1.5.2 z2.py -w 8888 -f "" -p "" -m "" &
-
- This example starts Zope using a web server on port 8888. It does
- not start and FTP server, or a PCGI server, or a Monitor server. It
- also starts the server running in the backaground.
-
- Shell scripts and batch files
-
- You may also wish to create a shell script (or batch file under
- win32) to set environment variables (such as ZOPE_DEBUG_MODE and
- PYTHONHOME) and run the start script.
-
- Here's an example shell script for a binary Zope release::
-
- ZOPE_DEBUG_MODE=1
- export ZOPE_DEBUG_MODE
- PYTHONHOME=/home/Zope
- export PYTHONHOME
- /home/Zope/bin/python /home/Zope/z2.py -w 9673 &
-
- Note: If ZServer fails because it can't find some standard Python
- libaries there's a good bet that you need to set the PYTHONHOME as
- shown above.
-
- Here's an example batch file::
-
- set ZOPE_DEBUG_MODE=1
- "\Program Files\Zope\bin\python" "\Program Files\Zope\z2.py -w
- 8888 -f 8021"
-
- Now you're ready to go.
-
- Starting ZServer
-
- To start ZServer run the start script::
-
- $ python1.5.2 z2.py
-
- To stop the server type 'control-c'.
-
- Note: If you've created a shell script or batch file to run ZServer
- use that instead.
-
- You should see some Medusa information come up on the screen as Zope
- starts.
-
- A log file will be written to the 'var' directory, named
- 'Z2.log' by default.
-
- Using ZServer
-
- Once you start ZServer is will publish Zope (or any Python module)
- on HTTP and/or FTP. To access Zope via HTTP point your browser at
- the server like so::
-
- http://www.example.com:9673/
-
- This assumes that you have chosen to put HTTP on port 9673 and that
- you are publishing a module named whose URL prefix is set to ''.
-
- Note: to publish Zope normally you publish the 'lib/python/Zope.py'
- module.
-
- To access Zope via FTP you need to FTP to it at the port you set FTP
- to run on. For example::
-
- ftp www.example.com 9221
-
- This opens a FTP session to your machine on port 9221, ZServer's
- default FTP port. When you are prompted to log in you should supply
- a Zope username and password. (Probably you should use an account
- with the 'Manager' role, unless you have configured Zope to allow
- FTP access to the 'Anonymous' role.) You can also enter 'anonymous'
- and any password for anonymous FTP access. Once you have logged in
- you can start issuing normal FTP commands.
-
- Right now ZServer supports most basic FTP commands.
-
- Note: When you log in your working directory is set to '/'. If you
- do not have FTP permissions in this directory, you will need to 'cd'
- to a directory where you have permissions before you can do
- anything. See above for more information about logging into FTP.
-
- Advanced Usage: zdaemon.py and the Zope NT service.
-
- One problem you may notice with ZServer is that once the server is
- shutdown, either through the web management interface, or by some
- other means, it will not automatically be restarted.
-
- On Unix you can use zdeamon.py to keep Zope running. Specifying
- the '-Z' switch when starting Zope runs zdaemon.py. Zdeamon
- will restart Zope when it Zope is restarted through the web, and in
- case of an unexpected error.
-
- On NT, use the Zope service for the same functionality. See ZServer.py
- for more information on running ZServer as a service.
-
- Where to go from here
-
- Check out the README.txt file. It contains information on what
- ZServer can do, how it works and and what you can do if you run into
- problems.
-
- And don't forget to have fun!
-
-