[Zope] PCGI - what's it do

[Dylan Reinhardt]

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 06:35, Tiller, Michael (M.M.) wrote:
> Andreas, That isn't really a solution.  Presumably the existing web server
> is preventing him from running Zope standalone on port 80 (and without root
> you cannot run there anyway).  Running on port 8080 is often a real pain (or
> not allowed due to firewall issues).

Using PCGI does nothing to help this situation.

Apache is already running on port 80.  If you want to reach Zope on 80,
you'll need to do it through Apache.  Whether Apache connects to Zope on
a local port or through PCGI, there is no way you're going to have Zope
serving any part of inbound port 80 traffic without configuring Apache
to allow it.  That's just a fact of life.

If your hosting provider isn't willing to add one or two lines to
httpd.conf so that you can run Zope, there's precious little you can do
about it.  There are numerous providers who *will* support Zope and it's
not that expensive to get a "virtual colo" box that lets you do whatever
you want.

HTH,

Dylan