[Zope] using apache as proxy for file downloads

[Asad Quraishi]

Thanks Jimi,

Unfortunately I need to serve this from apache on port 80.  I am using a 
rewrite rule to direct traffic to the zope Zserver on port 8080 locally.

Regards,

Asad

Jimi Thompson wrote:

> I haven't tried this, but I suspect that it would work and it wouldn't 
> required the proxy config.  Install apache and set the port to 
> something that Zope  (and all the other services you have) isn't 
> using.  I'm going to guess at 8181.  Link the file in Zope back to the 
> URL at port 8181.    <a 
> href="http://www.mydomain.com:8181/myfile.pdf">download here</a>
>
> This would link the file back to your apache instance who would serve 
> the file.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jimi
>
>> Zope handles the downloads of large files pretty poorly - at least 
>> that's my experience in its standard config.  Someone had mentioned 
>> using apache as a proxy for file downloads.  Can anyone point me in 
>> the right direction for accomplishing this?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Asad
>>
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