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setting ezpublish up to run multiple sites (please help!)

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William Gourlie	Friday 04 June 2004 8:06:43 am I have downloaded ez publish 3.4 and will be installing it pending an answer to my question. I would like it to be set up to run multiple websites, and need to know if there are any special considerations i need to be aware of in the process. I set up a temporary domain to set it up (freebsd server) cms.domainname.com, and last time i installed it (3.4 beta 2) it gave me an error saying that it wasnt running in virtual host mode. It was in fact an apache virtual host, so I wasnt sure what that meant. One of my main concerns is that I dont fully understand how the CMS software knows which website it is supposed to display. Each virtual host would point to the ezpublish directory, im guessing the CMS software reads the http header and differentiates, but i would like to know for sure, because the better I understand it, the less of a chance there is of me messing it up. Thanks in advance for any help -Brian
Lazaro Ferreira	Friday 04 June 2004 9:54:05 am Hi, First, EZP have three setup types: URL setup that means having site's URL like : http://mydomain.com/myfirstsite http://mydomain.com/mysecondsite Hostname Setup that means having site's URL like : http://myfirstsite.mydomain.com http://mysecondsite.mydomain.com Last, Port Setup that means having site's URL lik : http://mydomain.com:80 //uses port 80 for your first site http://mydomain.com:81 //uses port 81 for your second site Basically you will need to configure at least three configuration files : 1) settings/override/site.ini.append 2) settings/siteaccess/myfirstsite/site.ini.append 3) settings/siteaccess/mysecondsite/site.ini.append First, you will need to configure file number 1 above, for hostname setup settings could be like this : [SiteSettings] DefaultAccess=myfirstsite SiteList[]=myfirstsite SiteList[]=mysecondsite [SiteAccessSettings] CheckValidity=false AvailableSiteAccessList[]=myfirstsite AvailableSiteAccessList[]=mysecondsite MatchOrder=host HostMatchMapItems[]=myfirstsite.mydomain.com;myfirstsite HostMatchMapItems[]=mysecondsite.mydomain.com;mysecondsite Note the two last lines of code above, for EZP it does the trick of linking your site ( siteaccess) to your domain or subdomain On the other hand, you will need to configure files 2 and 3 above (one file for each site that you want at your multiple site setup), assuming this is for 'myfirstsite', you will have: [DatabaseSettings] ... //Here myfirstsite database access data [SiteSettings] SiteName= Title of myfirstsite SiteURL=myfirstsite.mydomain.com //Other necessary stuff [DesignSettings] ... //myfirstsite templates folder ( .tpl, .css files) [RegionalSettings] ... //myfirstsite primary language settings (English or French or ...) [FileSettings] ... //where are myfirstsite files, cache, etc In conclusion, siteaccess is the EZP mechanism to have multiple sites sharing same EZP installation, regarding Apache web server setup take a look at http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/installation/virtual_host_setup Lazaro ... http://www.mzbusiness.com Lazaro http://www.mzbusiness.com
William Gourlie	Friday 04 June 2004 11:45:23 am Is it possible to have multiple sites running off the same ezpublish code that each have their own domain name?
William Gourlie	Monday 07 June 2004 3:30:31 pm Ok, so I have my settings set up like this [SiteSettings] DefaultAccess=website SiteList[]=website SiteList[]=admin_website [SiteAccessSettings] CheckValidity=false AvailableSiteAccessList[]=website AvailableSiteAccessList[]=admin_website MatchOrder=host HostMatchMapItems[]=website.com;website HostMatchMapItems[]=admin.website.com;admin_website however, when i go to admin.website.com, it takes me to the normal user website. Any idea why it might be doing this?
Lazaro Ferreira	Tuesday 08 June 2004 8:49:06 am Hi, check the following settings at your admin siteaccess site.ini.append... file [SiteSettings] SiteURL=admin.yourdomain [SiteAccessSettings] RequireUserLogin=true [DesignSettings] SiteDesign=admin Lazaro Lazaro http://www.mzbusiness.com
William Gourlie	Tuesday 08 June 2004 9:46:06 am Yep, checked those, they are correct. Maybe it has something to do with how apache is set up? I have the virtual host directive for the CMS (using the link you posted) and have Server Aliases set up for each different site, which at this point is only the website.com and admin.website.com. Problem is, any domain name that matches the servername or serveralias directive automatically goes to the default site on ezpublish. I really appreciate your help, cant wait to have this figured out! -Brian
William Gourlie	Tuesday 08 June 2004 2:25:56 pm well, got to the admin site, but only because I changed the DefaultAccess directive to the admin site. For some reason it doesnt seem to be identifying the host name.
Lazaro Ferreira	Thursday 10 June 2004 3:15:31 am Hi, Turn On your debug output, and take a look at debug information Are all of your permissions right (check settings,var,design permissions) ? Lazaro Lazaro http://www.mzbusiness.com
William Gourlie	Thursday 10 June 2004 1:40:47 pm reinstalled it, and it works. ARGHH! oh well, atleast its working now. Thanks for your help.
Valentin Svelland	Friday 11 June 2004 7:14:57 am I'm also looking for some good feedback on this question. I'm planning to set up about 10 different sites with their own domains, all pointing to different siteaccesses on the same server and installation of v.3.4. Daniel Beyer wrote a good article on this subject: http://www.ez.no/community/forum/general/important_multiple_sites_with_multiple_urls_with_the_same_installation His reply is good, but if someone is else is also doing multiple sites and domains on the same v.3.4 eZ installation, and have hints and tips as to how to set this up in the best way - please comment. Also with regards to contentstructuring and permissions.. Regards, Valentin - Norway.
Siniša Šehović	Tuesday 23 November 2004 6:07:28 am If you have one pc and need 2 or more sites to be on then you have to setup apache and virtualhost directive in httpd.conf file. Also need to make hosts file with IP address and description (that's for winblows important if you don't set it right when accessing admin.yourhost.com you will be redirected to www.yourhost.com) Here is example of httpd.conf on winblows :-) NameVirtualHost www.myhost.org # eZ publish releated stuff <VirtualHost www.myhost.org> <Directory d:/wwwroot/ezdemo> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> ServerName www.myhost.org ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "d:\wwwroot\ezdemo" RewriteEngine On RewriteRule !(^/design\|^/var/./storage\|^/var/storage\|^/var/./cache\|^/var/cache\|^/extension/./design\|^/kernel/setup/packages\|^/packages\|^/share/icons\|^/share/pic).\.(gif\|css\|jpg\|png\|jar\|js\|ico\|pdf\|swf)$ /index.php </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost admin.myhost.org> <Directory d:/wwwroot/ezdemo> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> ServerName admin.myhost.org ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "d:\wwwroot\ezdemo" RewriteEngine On RewriteRule !(^/design\|^/var/./storage\|^/var/storage\|^/var/./cache\|^/var/cache\|^/extension/./design\|^/kernel/setup/packages\|^/packages\|^/share/icons\|^/share/pic).\.(gif\|css\|jpg\|png\|jar\|js\|ico\|pdf\|swf)$ /index.php </VirtualHost> ServerRoot "d:\eZpublish\apache" # eZ publish releated stuff END Don't forget to put this into hosts file: # 127.0.0.1 www.myhost.org 127.0.0.1 admin.myhost.org # Hope this would help you! Sinisa --- If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.
Johannes Lachman	Thursday 08 November 2007 3:45:06 am Where is the hosts file? :-)
Matthew Carroll	Friday 09 November 2007 11:34:24 am http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file http://carroll.org.uk