Hey All, I've made some progress on this, here's the buildout: [buildout] parts = zopeinstance extends = versions2.cfg [zopeinstance] recipe = zc.recipe.egg eggs = zope2 entry-points= runzope=Zope2.Startup.run:run zopectl=Zope2.Startup.zopectl:main scripts = runzope zopectl initialization = import sys sys.argv[1:1] = ['-C','${buildout:directory}/etc/zope.conf'] There are 3 other files you need: - versions2.cfg, which is a static copy of: http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/Zope/tags/2.12.0a1/versions-zope2.cfg (and changed to extend versions3.cfg instead of versions-zope3.cfg) - versions3.cfg, which is a static copy of: http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/Zope/tags/2.12.0a1/versions-zope3.cfg - zope.conf, which is a minimal zope.conf So, with this, the following will work: - bin/runzope - bin/zopectl fg However, bin/zopectl (start|stop) doesn't work because line 131 of zopectl.py sets zdrun to a hard coded path. I guess we need to generate a script for zdrun that has all the eggs present. Any ideas on the "right" way to do this? I guess we may need to do something similar with zeoctl? cheers, Chris