[Zope] Can Zope 2.4.0 be run "naked" (withoutApache/Squid/IIS)?

[Chris McDonough]

> A few related beginner's questions on this topic:
>
> When Zope is run together with apache, does that necessarily mean that it
is
> being run as a CGI?

Zope *can* be used as a CGI but it's uncommon.  Usually, PCGI or FastCGI is
used, each of which (and I'm no expert but this is how I see it) fires off a
very small wrapper process which talks to an already-running Zope process.

Lots of times Zope isn't used with CGI, PCGI, or Fast CGI, its own ZServer
is instead frontended by a reverse proxy like Apache's ProxyPass.

> When Zope is configured for CGI operation, does that mean that each hit on
> the site causes a Zope startup, opening of database files, etc., or does
> Zope still run as a server answer queries from CGI scripts?

No, for the first reason above.

> Finally, Does anybody know if it is possible to run Zope on a Verio VPS?
> (This is a virtual private server - basically a shell account with the
> ability to edit one's own httpd.conf to create multiple virtual hosts.  No
> root access.)

Not sure, sorry...

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