Editing Mgovworld reconfigure zope

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RECONFIGURATION OF ZOPE ON EGOVWORLD SERVER AND RESTORATION OF ZOPE INSTANCE FROM Data.fs-BACKUP .

'''##Install and configure Python 2.4.5##'''


Python-2.4.5.tgz is downloaded inside /home/downloads

Untar it and Goto Python2.4.5

issue command ./configure

make 
make install


''##Now we have to configure Zope from Scratch''

Zope-2.9.0.tgz is downloaded inside /home/downloads

'''./configure --prefix=/home/zope/zope-install --with-python=/usr/local/bin/python2.4'''

issue '''make''' then '''make install'''

''##Now we have to make zopeinstance''

'''/home/zope/zope-install/bin/mkzopeinstance.py'''

It will ask for Directory 

We have enterted :-  '''/home/zope/zope_instance'''

And user name and password is given :- '''admin''' 

''##change user in zope configuration''

/home/zope/zope_instance/etc/zope.conf

Goto Line 149 and add line “'''effective-user zope'''”


##We have backup of zope instance ('''Data.fs.Backup''') , we have restored it
 
'''mv /tmp/Data.fs-Backup /home/zope/zope_instance/var/Data.fs'''  
 
''also Products.Backup is restored''

'''mv /tmp/Products-backup /home/zope/zope_instance/Products'''


##''we have changed the owner and group for /home/zope/ directory''

'''chown -R zope:zope /home/zope/'''


To start the Zope :-
'''/home/home/zope_instance/bin/zopectl start'''

We have also added this line in /etc/rc.local file for automatic start of zope during boot time.