[Zope] Proxy Error

[John Poltorak]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 09:37:56AM +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> John Poltorak wrote:
> > 
> > I have suddenly started getting a 'Proxy Error' msg when accessing my Zope 
> > site which uses Apache to redirect specific requests to Zope.
> > 
> > I can access other virtual hosts running hosted by Apache, and I can get 
> > to my Zope site if I specify port 8080, but for some reason just 
> > 
> > http://www.myzopesite.org/
> > 
> > returns a 500 Proxy Error
> > 
> > reason: Host not found
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is pretty clear!

Not to me it isn't. If you know why then please explain.
 
> > 
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest what is wrong?
> > 
> > It would appear to be an Apache error. Can anyone suggest where I look for 
> > the source of the  problem?
> 
> Look how you specified the host name in your apache config file.

It has been working from the time I set it up about a week ago and there 
have been no changes that I am aware of since.

> I mean the hostname of the Zope instance. Try to resolve this
> name with dig, host or even ping. I suspect it does not work
> due to changes in your DNS or something like that.
> Just enter the servers you are always dealing with into their
> /etc/hosts file to avoid problems with DNS (long timeout, disappearing
> like you experienced)

I don't think host name resolution is the problem here.

 
> Regards
> Tino Wildenhain


-- 
John