[Zope] REPOST Re: ZServer/ZPublisher proxying, or move to "full zope"; need consultant

[Royce]

Reposting as I didn't get any help on this and have a big ZPublisher
app I need to convert. I am willing to pay someone for their time to
help solve this.

I have the proxying kind of working, using ProxyPass directives from
apache port 80 to ZServer port 9673. Running into the <base href=...>
headache (what I was calling BaseLocation problem in prior message),
and am not sure what to do about it. For the full zope setup, SiteRoot
works fine, but for my ZPublisher app, I'm having trouble. I think I
need to create an equivalent to a SiteRoot object for the ZPublisher
app, and insert it in one or more places, so it patches up the URLs
correctly. Stuck in the thick forest - help! :)

I discovered by reading publisher code that I could set <base href="">
in my standard page header and that stopped zope from writing its
<base href> tag, but still anywhere I use REQUEST.URL1 or similar, I
am in apache/zserver port hell.

Any thoughts appreciated on this. As I said, I am willing to pay
someone for their help.

Thanks,
Royce

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:18:10 -0700, Royce <mroyce at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to get ZServer to serve a ZPublisher webapp. Previosly we
> used PCGI directly with apache (evolved from bobo days). Would like to
> move pieces into "full zope" land over time but have immediate need to
> get off the PCGI/apache solution as it has been hard to get/keep
> running on different Linux platforms. I have gotten it mostly running
> under ZServer fairly easily but resulted in a problem (#2) mentioned
> below.
> 
> 1. Our website has html and img content (as well as dtml), which I
> understand ZServer won't serve. This seems to push me into either (a)
> apache proxying so that apache can serve html/imgs (results in problem
> #2 below), or (b) running full Zope via another URL path (having two
> zhttp_handler's in z2.py), and serving html/imgs from there (requiring
> me to change all refs to 'em). Suggestions?
> 
> 2. Can SiteAccess fix the apache proxy BaseLocation URL problem for a
> ZPublisher/ZServer web app? I read the page
> (http://zope.org/Members/anser/apache_zserver) about using Evan
> Simpson's SiteAccess to fix the BaseLocation problem but it requires
> "full zope" and I'm running a ZPublisher webapp through ZServer. Any
> way to use this to hardwire a fix in ZServer?
> 
> 3. Is there any way to pull a ZPublisher app into "full Zope"
> wholecloth as one big external method? I remember Amos mentioning this
> as possibility a while back. If not, would appreciate any pointers to
> docs or descriptions of how much work it is to bring it in a piece at
> a time. I have tried this route a little bit, but got pretty swamped
> in "import hell."
> 
> 4. I would like to find a zope consultant to help us with problems
> like this on an hourly pay basis for a community website we run.
> Person should have several years zope-related programming experience,
> including experience with ZServer/ZPublisher. Please email me at
> mroyce AT gmail DOT com with a summary of your experience,
> availability, and hourly rate. Please put "Zope consultant" in message
> subject.
> 
> Thanks!
> Royce
>