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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


    1. 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


    1. 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.