[Zope] What if you can use Zope on development server only?

[Anthony Thompson]

>I originally tried running Zope at pair.com, where I didn't have root 
>access
>to the box. I *did* have the ability to run CGIs and telnet in, however. 
>You
>can get Zope running in such a scenario. And, if they're running Apache 
>with
>mod_rewrite, you can even make Zope serve up your site's root.

     Kevin, thanks for the information!  I do have CGI and telnet ability 
with this host, but I'm surprised that's sufficient to run Zope with.  I 
thought Zope would require a tighter integration with the web server (e.g., 
a mod_zope or something that needs to be compiled in so that Zope can catch 
special Zope-intended requests), and that I'd need root to install it.

     Do I have a misunderstanding of how Zope relates to the web server?  Is 
simple CGI access really enough to install and run Zope?  I was basing my 
understanding on the architecture documentation at 
http://www.zope.org/ZopeArchitecture and 
http://classic.zope.org:8080/Information/Components.

>     One note though: many ISPs don't want you to run a long-lived process.
>If that's their policy, then you'll run into trouble that way.

     Hmm... interesting.  I'll have to look into that; thanks for the heads 
up.

>     As far as running separate development and production servers, I 
>believe
>you can get something going. I think someone made a Product that will 
>mirror
>your Zope database in separate files. You'll lose all of Zope's cool 
>dynamic
>ability, but you'll at least be able to take advantage of the content
>management.

     Yep... that's the tradeoff I figured I would have to accept.  I was 
even thinking I'd have to possibly write my own mirroring script, but wanted 
to see if there was a better way first.  Do you remember anything else about 
that product which might help me do a web search for it better (e.g., it 
definitely used the word "mirror", used the word synchronize a lot, etc.).

     thanks,
     Anthony

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