Commit 5903b545 authored by Chris Withers's avatar Chris Withers

- Tidy up installation docs

- Cover use on Windows
- Cover buildout-based instances
parent bdddae9c
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Building and installing Zope from source
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============================
Building and Installing Zope
============================
Welcome to Zope! This document describes building and installing
Zope on UNIX and Linux.
.. highlight:: bash
See ``doc/WINDOWS.rst`` for information about Windows.
This document descibes how to get going with Zope.
Prerequisites
-------------
=============
System requirements when building from source
In order to use Zope, you must have the following pre-requisites
available:
- A supported version of Python, including the development support if
installed from system-level packages. Supported versions include:
......@@ -24,58 +24,100 @@ System requirements when building from source
headers installed which correspond to your system's ``zlib``.
- A C compiler capable of building extension modules for your Python
(gcc recommended).
(gcc recommended). This is not necessary for Windows as binary
releases of the parts that would need compiling are always made
available.
- If you wish to install Zope as a Service on Windows, you will need
to have the `pywin32`__ package installed.
Building Zope using zc.buildout
-------------------------------
__ https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
Installing Zope
===============
Unless using buildout to build a zope instance as described
:ref:`below <buildout-instances>`, you will need to install Zope
separately. If you want to create a buildout-based Zope instance,
please skip directly to that section.
Installing Zope using virtualenv
--------------------------------
Zope can be installed within a virtualized Python environment using
``virtualenv`` as follows::
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages my_zope
$ cd my_zope
$ source bin/activate
$ bin/easy_install -i http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/<Zope version> Zope2
Using ``virtualenv`` is **highly recommended**. Otherwise, you may encounter
unexpected conflicts with packages that have already been installed.
Once you've installed Zope, you'll need to :ref:`create an instance <classic-instances>`.
Installing Zope using zc.buildout
---------------------------------
Zope is built using the ``zc.buildout`` library, which needs to be
"bootstrapped" with your Python version. You have to download the Zope 2
source distribution from `PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Zope2>`_ first. E.g.::
Unless you are `developing zope`__, you most likely
want to be creating a :ref:`buildout-based Zope instance <buildout-instances>` rather
that installing using buildout as described in this section.
$ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/Z/Zope2/Zope2-2.12.0.tar.gz
__ http://docs.zope.org/developer/
However, if you really just want to create Zope instances using the
classic ``mkzopeinstance`` but with the software installed by buildout,
then you need to do the following:
- Download the Zope 2 source distribution from `PyPI`__
__ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Zope2
- Bootstrap the buildout
- Run the buildout
On Linux, this can be done as follows::
$ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/Z/Zope2/Zope2-<Zope version>.tar.gz
$ tar xfvz Zope2-2.12.0.tar.gz
$ cd Zope2-2.12.0
$ /path/to/your/python bootstrap/bootstrap.py
The bootstrap script creates a ``buildout`` script in ``bin``; run this
script to finish building Zope::
$ bin/buildout
Once you've installed Zope, you'll need to :ref:`create an instance <classic-instances>`.
Installing Zope using easy_install
----------------------------------
Zope can be installed using ``easy_install`` either using a global
easy_install installation or within a virtualized Python environment
(using ``virtualenv``)::
Zope can be installed using ``easy_install``, but it is recommended to
use ``virtualenv`` as described above to avoid unexpected conflicts
with other packages installed directly in your python installation.
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages my_zope
$ cd my_zope
$ source bin/activate
$ bin/easy_install -i http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/<Zope version> Zope2
However, if you want to use easy_install globally, all you need to do
is::
This will create the related scripts like ``mkzopeinstance`` within the
``bin`` folder of your global or virtualized Python environment.
$ easy_install -i http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/<Zope version> Zope2
Using ``virtualenv`` is **highly recommended**. Otherwise you may encounter
unexpected conflicts with already installed packages.
This will create the related scripts such as ``mkzopeinstance`` within the
scripts folder of your python installation. You can then use them to
create instances as described below.
.. _classic-instances:
Creating a Zope Instance
------------------------
Creating a classic Zope Instance
================================
Once you've performed the install step, to begin actually using
Zope, you will need to create an "instance home", which is a
directory that contains configuration and data for a Zope server
process. The instance home is created using the ``mkzopeinstance``
script::
Once you've installed Zope, you will need to create an "instance
home". This is a directory that contains configuration and data for a
Zope server process. The instance home is created using the
``mkzopeinstance`` script::
$ bin/mkzopeinstance
If you use Zope from SVN, you will need to specify the Python interpreter
to use for the instance explicitly::
You can specify the Python interpreter to use for the instance
explicitly::
$ bin/mkzopeinstance --python=$PWD/bin/zopepy
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$ bin/mkzopeinstance --help
.. note::
The traditional ``inplace`` build is no longer supported. You should
not use your buildout or virtualenv environment for creating a Zope
instance. So create your Zope instance using ``mkzopeinstance`` always
outside the buildout/virtualenv environment.
The traditional "inplace" build is no longer supported. If using
``mkzopeinstance``, always do so outside the buildout/virtualenv
environment. If you wish to manage your Zope instance using
buildout, please see the section below.
.. _buildout-instances:
Creating a buildout-based Zope Instance
=======================================
If you wish to use buildout to manage your Zope instance, then the
instance is created as follows:
* Create a directory for your instance. In this directory, create a
``etc``, ``logs`` and ``var`` subdirectories.
* Download the following file into your instance directory:
`http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/bootstrap.py`__
__ http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
.. highlight:: none
* Create a buildout configuration as follows:
.. topic:: buildout.cfg
:class: file
::
[buildout]
parts = instance
extends = http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/Zope/tags/<Zope version>/versions.cfg
[instance]
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
eggs = Zope2
interpreter = py
scripts = runzope zopectl
initialization =
import sys
sys.argv[1:1] = ['-C',r'${buildout:directory}/etc/zope.conf']
This is the minimum but all the usual buildout techniques can be
used.
* Create a Zope configuration file starting as follows:
.. topic:: etc/zope.cfg
:class: file
::
%define INSTANCE <path to your instance directory>
python $INSTANCE/bin/py[.exe on Windows]
instancehome $INSTANCE
.. highlight:: bash
* Now, run the following commands::
$ /path/to/your/python bootstrap.py
$ bin/buildout
In the ``bin`` subdirectory of your instance directory, you will
find ``runzope`` and ``zopectl`` scripts that can be used as
normal.
Using your Zope instance
========================
There are various ways to run Zope from your newly created
instance. They are all described below.
Running Zope in the Foreground
------------------------------
To run Zope without detaching from the console, use the ``fg``
command (short for ``foreground``)::
Starting Zope as a Daemon
$ /path/to/zope/instance/bin/zopectl fg
In this mode, Zope emits its log messages to the console, and does not
detach from terminal.
Running Zope as a Daemon
-------------------------
Once an instance home has been created, the Zope server can now be
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You can examine it with the usual tools (cat, more, tail)
and see if there are any errors preventing zope from starting.
.. highlight:: none
.. note::
Running Zope in the Foreground
------------------------------
For this to work on Windows, the Zope instance must be installed as
a Service. This is done with::
By default, ``zopectl start`` will start a background process (a
"daemon) that manages Zope. ``zopectl stop`` will stop the background
process. To run Zope without detaching from the console, use the ``fg``
command (short for ``foreground``)::
bin\zopectl install
$ /path/to/zope/instance/bin/zopectl fg
If you later want to remove this Service, do the following::
In this mode, Zope emits its log messages to the console, and does not
detach from terminal.
bin\zopectl remove
For the full list of options available for setting up Zope as a
Windows Service, do::
bin\zopectl install --help
.. highlight:: bash
Integrating with System Startup
-------------------------------
zopectl can be linked as rc-script in the usual start directories
on linux or other System V unix variants.
You can use ``zopectl`` interactively as a command shell by just
calling it without any arguments. Try ``help`` there and ``help <command>``
to find out about additionally commands of zopectl. These commands
also work at the command line.
.. note::
On Windows, a Service can be installed and set to start
automatically with the following:
.. code-block:: none
bin\zopectl install --startup=auto
Configuring Zope
----------------
================
Your Zope instance is configured through a file, either found by
default::
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Config file: /tmp/other.conf
When starting Zope, if you see errors indicating that an address is in
use, then you will have to supply arguments to runzope to change the ports
used for HTTP or FTP. The default HTTP and FTP ports used by Zope are
use, then you may have to change the ports Zope uses for HTTP or FTP.
The default HTTP and FTP ports used by Zope are
8080 and 8021 respectively. You can change the ports used by
editing ./etc/zope.conf appropriately.
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The address can just be a port number as shown, or a host:port
pair to bind only to a specific interface.
Integrating with System Startup
-------------------------------
zopectl can be linked as rc-script in the usual start directories
on linux or other System V unix variants.
You can use ``zopectl`` interactively as a command shell by just
calling it without any arguments. Try ``help`` there and ``help <command>``
to find out about additionally commands of zopectl. These commands
also work at the command line.
Logging In To Zope
------------------
==================
Once you've started Zope, you can then connect to the Zope webserver
by directing your browser to::
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and password you provided in response to the prompts issued during
the "make instance" process.
If you are using a buildout-based Zope instance, you will need to
create a user as follows::
$ bin/zopectl adduser username password
Now you're off and running! You should be looking at the Zope
management screen which is divided into two frames. On the left you
can navigate between Zope objects and on the right you can edit them
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If you haven't used Zope before, you should head to the Zope web
site and read some documentation. The Zope Documentation section is
a good place to start. You can access it at:
http://docs.zope.org/
a good place to start. You can access it at http://docs.zope.org/
Troubleshooting
---------------
===============
- This version of Zope requires Python 2.5.4 or better, including
2.6.x. It will *not* run with Python 3.x.
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you built Python from source all the configuration information
should already be available.
- See ``doc/CHANGES.rst`` for important notes on this version of Zope.
- See the :doc:`CHANGES` for important notes on this version of Zope.
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