Plone via Apache 2 not working

Dear List,

I am moving a plone 2.0.1 from an old server running FreeBSD
4.9 and  
apache 1.3 to a new server running FreeBSD 6.2 with apache
2.2 with  
the system updated with latest patches.

Instead of setting up to just run the plone 2.0.1 on the new
server,  
while i have the time, i installed everything i needed to
run plone  
2.1 so i could migrate to plone 2.1. Migration went fine
with no errors.

I can bring up the plone site by adding the port at which
the Zope/ 
Plone is running on. But when i try to bring up the site via
rewrite  
through apache, i get:

	Forbidden

	You don't have permission to access / on this server.

I reconfigured the apache config for the virtual host to use
a  
siteroot which has an index.html and the index page comes up
fine  
with no forbidden message so apache is working. I already
know apache  
is working since i have two other virtual hosts that are not
Plone  
which are working fine from the server.

I doubled checked on plone.org for the correct rewriterule
and mine  
was essentially identical (name and port changed to protect
the in  
development status:

	  RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://l
ocalhost:portnumber/VirtualHostBase/ 
http/%:80/mydomain.com/VirtualHostRoot/$1
[L,P]

Also have checked to make sure that mod rewrite is loaded in
apache  
and it is (seems to be standard). apachectl -t gives an OK
syntax  
check. There is a virtual host monster.

Questions:

1. Any pointers on what could be going wrong and why i am
getting the  
"Forbidden. You don't have permissions to access / on
this server"  
when rewriting in the apache conf file to talk to the plone
2.1? I  
have searched hi and low for clues. It all seems like it
should just  
be working... its not like i haven't set up plone through
apache  
before, but it has always been apache 1.3.

2. My goal is to migrate to plone 2.5 eventually after i get
apache  
to rewrite to a zope/plone instance on the new server. All
reading  
seems to indicate that i need to migrate from 2.0 to 2.1 and
then to  
2.5. Is this true?

3. When i bring up the migrated plone 2.1, the skin seems
broken in  
that the css seems not to work. Is there something that you
have to  
do after a migrate to 2.1 (from 2.0.1) to get the skin to
work if you  
have some items in the "custom" folder?

Thank you for any help you can give.

Peace,
Dan


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I can't answer your Apache questions, but I'll take a stab
at the others.  


On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:13:39 -0700, Daniel Melnechuk  
<isisisisdesign.com> wrote:

> 2. My goal is to migrate to plone 2.5 eventually after
i get apache to  
> rewrite to a zope/plone instance on the new server. All
reading seems to  
> indicate that i need to migrate from 2.0 to 2.1 and
then to 2.5. Is this  
> true?

You don't *have* to, but it's a good way to approach since
you already  
successfully migrated to 2.1. It's possible to do 2.0 to 2.5
directly.

You're probably aware of this, but: Plone 2.1 is an
unsupported release,  
and you're likely to easily be able to migrate a 2.1.x site
to a 2.5.x one  
— the 2.1->2.5 jump was the difficult one. Plone 2.5.x
will receive  
security fixes until 3.5 is out, 2.1 does not have any more
releases  
coming.

> 3. When i bring up the migrated plone 2.1, the skin
seems broken in that  
> the css seems not to work. Is there something that you
have to do after  
> a migrate to 2.1 (from 2.0.1) to get the skin to work
if you have some  
> items in the "custom" folder?

Try calling the CSS files directly, and see if they return
any errors.

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hello dan,

here is my config which works for debian/apache2.2:

<VirtualHost *>
   ServerName DOMAINNAME.TLD
   ServerAlias www.DOMAINNAME.TLD
# <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine   On
     RewriteRule     ^/(.*) 

http://localhost:8380/VirtualHostBase/http/DOMAINNAME.TLD:80
/DIRECTORY_WHERE_PLONE_IS_INSTALLED/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
[L,P]
#  </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>


it's maybe close to yours.
what is the part "/mydomain.com/VirtualHostRoot/"
in your config? is it 
the directory where plone is installed?
and notice: i have commented out the module check
<IfModule 
mod_rewrite.c>. when i first installed apache and
everything, the 
IfModule statement didn't work. today i tried it again, and
it works - 
so it seems it was an apache bug.
if you have the IfModule statement included, try to comment
it out.
you may also check the apache logs
tail -f /var/log/apache2/....

good luck,hannes


> I am moving a plone 2.0.1 from an old server running
FreeBSD 4.9 and 
> apache 1.3 to a new server running FreeBSD 6.2 with
apache 2.2 with the 
> system updated with latest patches.

>       RewriteRule ^/(.*) 
> ht
tp://localhost:portnumber/VirtualHostBase/http/%{SERVER_
NAME}:80/mydomain.com/VirtualHostRoot/$1 
> [L,P]
> 

> Peace,
> Dan
> 

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Daniel Melnechuk wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I am moving a plone 2.0.1 from an old server running
FreeBSD 4.9 and
> apache 1.3 to a new server running FreeBSD 6.2 with
apache 2.2 with the
> system updated with latest patches.
> 
[...]
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Any pointers on what could be going wrong and why i
am getting the
> "Forbidden. You don't have permissions to access /
on this server" when
> rewriting in the apache conf file to talk to the plone
2.1? I have
> searched hi and low for clues. It all seems like it
should just be
> working... its not like i haven't set up plone through
apache before,
> but it has always been apache 1.3.

Please do the following:

1) Check for SELinux: /usr/sbin/getenforce
   or:  dmesg|grep -i selinux

2) Enable the rewrite log to see where your requests are
actually going:
   In apache config:

   RewriteLog "logs/rewrite.log"
   RewriteLogLevel 3

More info on rewrite logging:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite
.html#rewritelog

It would also help to see the exact error line in the log.
(Which by
default should be "logs/error_log")


Jonathan Steffan
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On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:28 AM, j.raggamskillz.biz wrote:

> hello dan,
>
> here is my config which works for debian/apache2.2:
>
> <VirtualHost *>
>   ServerName DOMAINNAME.TLD
>   ServerAlias www.DOMAINNAME.TLD
> # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
>     RewriteEngine   On
>     RewriteRule     ^/(.*) http://localho
st:8380/VirtualHostBase/ 
>
http/DOMAINNAME.TLD:80/DIRECTORY_WHERE_PLONE_IS_INSTALLED/ 
> VirtualHostRoot/$1 [L,P]
> #  </IfModule>
> </VirtualHost>
>
>
> it's maybe close to yours.
> what is the part
"/mydomain.com/VirtualHostRoot/" in your config? 

> is it the directory where plone is installed?
> and notice: i have commented out the module check
<IfModule  
> mod_rewrite.c>. when i first installed apache and
everything, the  
> IfModule statement didn't work. today i tried it again,
and it  
> works - so it seems it was an apache bug.
> if you have the IfModule statement included, try to
comment it out.
> you may also check the apache logs
> tail -f /var/log/apache2/....
>
> good luck,hannes
>
>
>> I am moving a plone 2.0.1 from an old server
running FreeBSD 4.9  
>> and apache 1.3 to a new server running FreeBSD 6.2
with apache 2.2  
>> with the system updated with latest patches.
>
>>       RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://localhost:portnum
ber/ 
>>
VirtualHostBase/http/%:80/mydomain.com/ 
>> VirtualHostRoot/$1 [L,P]
>
>> Peace,
>> Dan
>

Hi Hannes,

Thanks for your reply... i have been away for a few days so
just  
reading now.

I tried commenting out the <IfModule rewrite.c> and
</IfModule> as  
you suggested. No luck, still get "Forbidden" html
page.

The "/mydomain.com/VirtualHostRoot/" is the name
of the Plone site  
("mydomain.com", well with named for this email
thread) followed by  
VirtualHostRoot. So i got that right. Just the same as it
was on the  
old system with the old apace conf.

I have looked at logs... opps... thought i had looked at all
logs.  
Looks like proxy module was not installed in apache22.
Hummm. Tried  
to build with it turned on but getting message:

===>  apache-2.2.4_2 has known vulnerabilities:
=> apache -- multiple vulnerabilities.
    Reference: <http://www.Fr
eeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/ 
c115271d-602b-11dc-898c-001921ab2fa4.html>
=> Please update your ports tree and try again.
*** Error code 1

Am doing portsnap fetch update as i type and will build with
proxy  
after it is done. At least i know what is up now. Strange
proxy  
module was not turned on by default. Oh well

Thank you everyone for your help!

Peace,
Dan




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On Sep 18, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Jonathan Steffan wrote:

> Daniel Melnechuk wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I am moving a plone 2.0.1 from an old server
running FreeBSD 4.9 and
>> apache 1.3 to a new server running FreeBSD 6.2 with
apache 2.2  
>> with the
>> system updated with latest patches.
>>
> [...]
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> 1. Any pointers on what could be going wrong and
why i am getting the
>> "Forbidden. You don't have permissions to
access / on this server"  
>> when
>> rewriting in the apache conf file to talk to the
plone 2.1? I have
>> searched hi and low for clues. It all seems like it
should just be
>> working... its not like i haven't set up plone
through apache before,
>> but it has always been apache 1.3.
>
> Please do the following:
>
> 1) Check for SELinux: /usr/sbin/getenforce
>    or:  dmesg|grep -i selinux
>
> 2) Enable the rewrite log to see where your requests
are actually  
> going:
>    In apache config:
>
>    RewriteLog "logs/rewrite.log"
>    RewriteLogLevel 3
>
> More info on rewrite logging:
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite
.html#rewritelog
>
> It would also help to see the exact error line in the
log. (Which by
> default should be "logs/error_log")
>
>
> Jonathan Steffan
> daMaestro
>

Rewrite logs were ok. See previous message about proxy not
turned on.

Thanks for your help!

Peace,
Dan

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On Sep 17, 2007, at 7:34 PM, Alexander Limi wrote:

> I can't answer your Apache questions, but I'll take a
stab at the  
> others. 
>
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:13:39 -0700, Daniel Melnechuk  
> <isisisisdesign.com> wrote:
>
>> 2. My goal is to migrate to plone 2.5 eventually
after i get  
>> apache to rewrite to a zope/plone instance on the
new server. All  
>> reading seems to indicate that i need to migrate
from 2.0 to 2.1  
>> and then to 2.5. Is this true?
>
> You don't *have* to, but it's a good way to approach
since you  
> already successfully migrated to 2.1. It's possible to
do 2.0 to  
> 2.5 directly.

Well i have apache tamed now... default install didn't have
proxy  
module installed! So my migrated plone on plone version
2.1.4 is  
coming up without a skin.

>
> You're probably aware of this, but: Plone 2.1 is an
unsupported  
> release, and you're likely to easily be able to migrate
a 2.1.x  
> site to a 2.5.x one — the 2.1->2.5 jump was the
difficult one.

Thanks for the heads up.

>
>> 3. When i bring up the migrated plone 2.1, the skin
seems broken  
>> in that the css seems not to work. Is there
something that you  
>> have to do after a migrate to 2.1 (from 2.0.1) to
get the skin to  
>> work if you have some items in the
"custom" folder?
>
> Try calling the CSS files directly, and see if they
return any errors.

Thanks. I have been looking for how to call a skin by
attaching it to  
a URL but i can't seem to remember how. I have searched hi
and low on  
plone.org and google... something like?:

	http://site.com/?view=
skinname

Peace,
Dan


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