Mailing List Archive: Zope question

Zope question

Apr 16, 1999, 12:19 PM

Post #1 of 3 (735 views)

Hi, this was a question I posted to the Zope mailing list, but no
responses yet. I'm having trouble getting a source installation of Zope
running on a Cobalt RaQ. TIA for any suggestions you might have!

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:31:56 -0600 (MDT)
Message-Id: <199904121931.NAA22117@tora.swcp.com>
From: Alex Rice <alrice@swcp.com>
To: zope@zope.org
Subject: [Zope] Zope startup problems

Hi, after a great experience with the Zope Linux/x86 binaries, I am now
trying to get a source installation running for the first time, but seem
to have overlooked something.

This is on a Cobalt RaQ. This is a MIPS processor with Linux
2.0.34. Basically a RedHat box. I built Python 1.5.1 and Zope-1.10.2-src
with no problems. I'm using Apache. When I go to this URL:

http://zope.swcp.com/Zope/

I see Zope.cgi process, then I see in my browser after about 15 sec:

! Temporarily Unavailable
The resource you requested is temporarily unavailable - please
try again later.

(102) failure during connect


In /usr/share/zope/var, I have only

Data.bbb Data.bbb.in

(pcgi.* seem to be missing?)

Also, I do not see suspicious entries in apache's access and error logs.
Below is the relevant section in my Apache config. But the rewrite rule
seems to be working since the Zope.cgi process is getting started. Would
really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

<VirtualHost 198.59.115.167>
ServerName zope.swcp.com
ServerAdmin admin
DocumentRoot /home/sites/home/web/zope

ScriptAlias /zope-bin/ /home/sites/home/web/zope/cgi-bin/
<Directory /home/sites/home/web/zope/cgi-bin>
AllowOverride None
Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
</Directory>

# Zope configuration maps everything to the Zope.cgi CGI script
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
# this is actually all one line:
RewriteRule ^/Zope/(.*) /home/sites/home/web/zope/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/$1
[e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l]

</VirtualHost>

Please cc: alrice@swcp.com on your reply since I'm only in the list
digest. TIA

Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice
Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA

Zope question [ In reply to ]

evan at tokenexchange

Apr 16, 1999, 1:58 PM

Post #2 of 3 (724 views)

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Looks like the pcgi wrapper either can't find the var directory, or doesn't
have sufficient permissions in it. Check the paths in your Zope.cgi, and
make sure the var directory is writable by "nobody" (or whatever your Apache
runs as). I went so far as to make my var directory mode 2770 and chgrp it
and its contents to "nobody".

nobody-is-going-to-write-to-*my*-zope/var-ly yrs,
Evan

Alex Rice wrote in message <37178D4B.7D933209@swcp.com>...
[snip]
This is on a Cobalt RaQ. This is a MIPS processor with Linux
2.0.34. Basically a RedHat box. I built Python 1.5.1 and Zope-1.10.2-src
with no problems. I'm using Apache. When I go to this URL:

http://zope.swcp.com/Zope/

I see Zope.cgi process, then I see in my browser after about 15 sec:

! Temporarily Unavailable
The resource you requested is temporarily unavailable - please
try again later.

(102) failure during connect


In /usr/share/zope/var, I have only

Data.bbb Data.bbb.in

(pcgi.* seem to be missing?)

Zope question [ In reply to ]

alrice at swcp

Apr 19, 1999, 1:17 PM

Post #3 of 3 (723 views)

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Evan Simpson wrote:

> nobody-is-going-to-write-to-*my*-zope/var-ly yrs,
> Evan

That was it! Thanks. Turns out Apache is configured to run as user
"httpd" on this Cobalt. I chown -R httpd *'d and all is well so far.

Alex Rice