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Johannes Lachman	Friday 02 November 2007 6:12:14 am Hi everyone, I need some help with the configuration of my webserver. I'm new with EZ and CMS systems and i'm trying to host 2 (later on more...) websites with 1 EZ installation. I've read a lot of forumposts and documentation, but i still aint getting it right. So far the result is (as i can see it) When i go to site1, all goes well... i see the startpage and everything. When i go to site2, i can see that it read the SiteName attribute from the SiteAccess of the other website. So i guess that went ok. I divided the Var DIR and DB (copies of the original stuff) and linked Site2 to the new Var dir and DB. But as result for Site2 i see: <b>Error / kernel (1) </b> Access denied You do not have permission to access this area. <b>Does anyone know if i really divided the two sites apart now and if so, why i can't acces Site2?</b> I'll give more info about my config down below. I hope someone can help me out... I would really appreciate it! <b>Info:</b> <i>Var Dirs</i>: Just a copy of the original Var dir <i>Database</i>: Just a copy of the original DB <b><i>Settings/Override/site.ini.append.php:</i></b> [SiteSettings] DefaultAccess=eyc SiteList[] SiteList[]=dut SiteList[]=eyc SiteList[]=eycadmin SiteList[]=ezechiel SiteList[]=ezladmin RootNodeDepth=1 [SiteAccessSettings] CheckValidity=false AvailableSiteAccessList[] AvailableSiteAccessList[]=dut AvailableSiteAccessList[]=eyc AvailableSiteAccessList[]=eycadmin AvailableSiteAccessList[]=ezechiel AvailableSiteAccessList[]=ezladmin MatchOrder=host HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com;eyc HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin;eycadmin HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net;ezechiel HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin;ezladmin [FileSettings] VarDir=var/ezwebin_site <b>Different SiteAccesses</b> - admin - dut - eyc (original) - eycadmin (original) - ezechiel (new) - ezladmin (new) - setup <b><i>Settings/siteaccess/eyc/site.ini.append.php:</i></b> [DatabaseSettings] DatabaseImplementation=ezmysql Server=localhost User=root Password= Database=<b>eyc</b> Charset= Socket=disabled [SiteSettings] SiteName=<b>www.eyc.cc</b> SiteURL=localhost LoginPage=embedded AdditionalLoginFormActionURL=http://localhost/eycadmin/user/login [SiteAccessSettings] RequireUserLogin=false RelatedSiteAccessList[] RelatedSiteAccessList[]=dut RelatedSiteAccessList[]=eyc RelatedSiteAccessList[]=eycadmin ShowHiddenNodes=false [FileSettings] VarDir=<b>var/ezwebin_site</b> <b><i>Settings/siteaccess/eycadmin/site.ini.append.php:</i></b> [DatabaseSettings] DatabaseImplementation=ezmysql Server=localhost User=root Password= Database=<b>eyc</b> Charset= Socket=disabled [SiteSettings] SiteName=<b>www.eyc.cc</b> SiteURL=localhost LoginPage=custom [SiteAccessSettings] RequireUserLogin=true RelatedSiteAccessList[]=dut RelatedSiteAccessList[]=eyc RelatedSiteAccessList[]=eycadmin ShowHiddenNodes=true [FileSettings] VarDir=<b>var/ezwebin_site</b> <b><i>Settings/siteaccess/ezechiel/site.ini.append.php:</i></b> [DatabaseSettings] DatabaseImplementation=ezmysql Server=localhost User=root Password= Database=<b>ezechiel</b> Charset= Socket=disabled [SiteSettings] SiteName=<b>www.ezechiel.org</b> SiteURL=ezlwebserver.homeip.net LoginPage=embedded AdditionalLoginFormActionURL=http://ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin/user/login [SiteAccessSettings] RequireUserLogin=false RelatedSiteAccessList[] RelatedSiteAccessList[]=ezechiel RelatedSiteAccessList[]=ezladmin ShowHiddenNodes=false [FileSettings] VarDir=<b>var/ezechiel</b> <b><i>Settings/siteaccess/ezladmin/site.ini.append.php:</i></b> [DatabaseSettings] DatabaseImplementation=ezmysql Server=localhost User=root Password= Database=<b>ezechiel</b> Charset= Socket=disabled [SiteSettings] SiteName=<b>www.ezechiel.org</b> SiteURL=ezlwebserver.homeip.net LoginPage=custom [SiteAccessSettings] RequireUserLogin=true RelatedSiteAccessList[]=ezechiel RelatedSiteAccessList[]=ezladmin ShowHiddenNodes=true [DesignSettings] SiteDesign=<b>eycadmin</b> AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=admin [FileSettings] VarDir=<b>var/ezechiel</b> <b><i>httpd.conf:</i></b> NameVirtualHost 83.86.36.177 <VirtualHost 83.86.36.177> <Directory var/ezwebin_site> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <IfModule mod_php4.c> php_admin_flag safe_mode Off php_admin_value register_globals 0 php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0 php_value magic_quotes_runtime 0 php_value allow_call_time_pass_reference 0 </IfModule> DirectoryIndex index.php <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On Rewriterule ^/var/storage/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/var/[^/]+/storage/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/var/cache/texttoimage/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/var/[^/]+/cache/texttoimage/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/design/[^/]+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascript)/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/share/icons/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/extension/[^/]+/design/[^/]+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascripts?)/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/packages/styles/.+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascript)/[^/]+/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/packages/styles/.+/thumbnail/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/favicon.ico - [L] RewriteRule ^/robots.txt - [L] # Uncomment the following lines when using popup style debug. # RewriteRule ^/var/cache/debug.html.* - [L] # RewriteRule ^/var/[^/]+/cache/debug.html.* - [L] RewriteRule .* /index.php </IfModule> DocumentRoot var/ezwebin_site ServerName eyc.getmyip.com ServerAlias eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost 83.86.36.177> <Directory var/ezechiel> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <IfModule mod_php4.c> php_admin_flag safe_mode Off php_admin_value register_globals 0 php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0 php_value magic_quotes_runtime 0 php_value allow_call_time_pass_reference 0 </IfModule> DirectoryIndex index.php <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On Rewriterule ^/var/storage/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/var/[^/]+/storage/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/var/cache/texttoimage/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/var/[^/]+/cache/texttoimage/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/design/[^/]+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascript)/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/share/icons/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/extension/[^/]+/design/[^/]+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascripts?)/.* - [L] Rewriterule ^/packages/styles/.+/(stylesheets\|images\|javascript)/[^/]+/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/packages/styles/.+/thumbnail/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/favicon.ico - [L] RewriteRule ^/robots.txt - [L] # Uncomment the following lines when using popup style debug. # RewriteRule ^/var/cache/debug.html.* - [L] # RewriteRule ^/var/[^/]+/cache/debug.html.* - [L] RewriteRule .* /index.php </IfModule> DocumentRoot var/ezechiel ServerName ezlwebserver.homeip.net ServerAlias ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin </VirtualHost> Kind regards, JL
Sebastiaan van der Vliet	Friday 02 November 2007 8:54:45 am Hello Johannes, Is it possible to log in onto the administrative backend of site 2? If you can login there, go the the "Users accounts" section. Click on "roles and policies", and then on the link "Anonymous ". Check if the user login siteaccess rule includes the siteaccess for site 2. Kind regards, Sebastiaan Certified eZ publish developer with over 9 years of eZ publish experience. Available for challenging eZ publish projects as a technical consultant, project manager, trouble shooter or strategic advisor.
Johannes Lachman	Saturday 03 November 2007 1:17:33 am Hi Sebastiaan, Thanks for the reply. I never actually tried that :S I notice that i can't even connect to the admin section of Site1. I can login as admin, but only on the website itself, not the adminpanel. It says "Module cannot be found". Did i link my adminsection in a wrong way?
Stefan de Bruijn	Saturday 03 November 2007 10:29:36 am Hi Johannes, You have set the matchorder to 'host', but are using an uri for the admin access: HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com;eyc HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin;eycadmin When MatchOrder is set to host, you must use virtual hosts, for instance: HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com;eyc HostMatchMapItems[]=eycadmin.getmyip.com;eycadmin The first line is a correct host, so that will work. If you want 'HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin;eycadmin ' to work, set MatchOrder to 'uri'. See http://ez.no/doc/ez_publish/technical_manual/3_9/reference/configuration_files/site_ini/siteaccesssettings/matchorder The same applies for your apache settings.You can only use hostnames as a serveralias (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#serveralias). You also have 2 virtualhosts with the same name (i suppose apache will use the first one). You say you want to have multiple sites in 1 Ez Publish installation. 1 apache vhost will then be sufficient (if its the only, or first vhost, you don't have to set serveraliasses as it will be the default host). The <Directory var/ezwebin_site> should then point to the root of the ez-publish install, which it probably does, but <Directory var/ezechiel> points to another directory. Do you have another ez installed in this directory? regards, Stefan de Bruijn
Johannes Lachman	Sunday 04 November 2007 11:58:00 pm Hi Stefan, Thanks for the reply. I changed the MatchOrder to <b>"host;uri"</b> I've deleted the serveraliases. If apache will only look at the first vhost, what about the the following code in the vhost? <b> <Directory var/ezwebin_site> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> </b> The directory is not the same for Site2... (var/ezechiel) When i login on admin of eyc (eycadmin) i get "Page not Found" error. In the site.ini settings i changed localhost to the real URI. See down below. But i still get the error. Do i have to restart some services when i change the settings? <b>siteaccess\eyc:</b> [SiteSettings] SiteName=www.eyc.cc SiteURL=<b>eyc.getmyip.com</b> <-- it was localhost LoginPage=embedded AdditionalLoginFormActionURL=<b>http://eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin/user/login</b> <-- it was localhost/eycadmin..... When i log in Site2 i still get the error "Module not Found". There i get the following url: http://ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin/user/login Any ideas? <b>The <Directory var/ezwebin_site> should then point to the root of the ez-publish install, which it probably does, but <Directory var/ezechiel> points to another directory. Do you have another ez installed in this directory?</b> No, i did not install a second EZ. I thought that if i wanted to change Site2 in an other way than Site1, they had to have different Var Directories. var/ezechiel is just a copy of var/ezwebin_site, which was the original var of the installation. I hope you or someone else has more advise for me... :) Regards, Johannes
Stefan de Bruijn	Tuesday 06 November 2007 7:47:08 am <i>II've deleted the serveraliases. If apache will only look at the first vhost, what about the the following code in the vhost?</i>I Apache will of course look at all vhosts, but you named them the same. <Directory var/ezwebin_site> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> You can have multiple directory directives in apache for different directory settings. Not necessary though for a standard installation. What's more puzzling: you have set: "DocumentRoot var/ezwebin_site" I supposed you had installed ez in the linux /var directory. Documentroot should point to the root of your ez publish installation. Look at: http://ez.no/doc/ez_publish/technical_manual/3_10/installation/virtual_host_setup for instructions on virtual host. <i>When i log in Site2 i still get the error "Module not Found". There i get the following url: http://ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin/user/login</i> It should also be a 404 based on your apache setting. Please first set these correct. I principle: 404 error: apache settings are wrong Oject not found: that's a response from ez publish. can be apache setting (for instance rewrite rules) or ez publish settings (or simply asking a non existing object). <i>No, i did not install a second EZ. I thought that if i wanted to change Site2 in an other way than Site1, they had to have different Var Directories. var/ezechiel is just a copy of var/ezwebin_site, which was the original var of the installation.</i> They do, but you don't set these in apache but in your siteaccess settings you specify wich var directory ez publish uses (as you already did).
Johannes Lachman	Thursday 08 November 2007 5:51:23 am Hmm... ok i started again with a clean install, since i have been experimenting a lot with the configs. :-) The 2 sites work now with localhost on the server itself. (localhost/siteA, localhost/siteadminA, localhost/siteB and localhost/siteadminB) So now i want to reach the sites with my two domainnames. But both domainnames point to my default siteaccess. So did i miss something in my vhosts? Please check my new vhosts down below. I've put this code in de Override/site.ini [SiteSettings] DefaultAccess=ezechiel SiteList[] SiteList[]=dut SiteList[]=ezechiel SiteList[]=ezladmin SiteList[]=eyc SiteList[]=eycadmin RootNodeDepth=1 [SiteAccessSettings] CheckValidity=false AvailableSiteAccessList[] AvailableSiteAccessList[]=dut AvailableSiteAccessList[]=ezechiel AvailableSiteAccessList[]=ezladmin AvailableSiteAccessList[]=eyc AvailableSiteAccessList[]=eycadmin MatchOrder=uri HostMatchMapItems[] HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com;eyc HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin;eycadmin HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net;ezechiel HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin;ezladmin And these 2 virtual hosts in the httpd.config <VirtualHost eyc.getmyip.com> <Directory C:/eZpublish/ezpublish> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> ServerName eyc.getmyip.com ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "c:\eZpublish\eZpublish" 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 ezlwebserver.homeip.net> <Directory C:/eZpublish/ezpublish> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> ServerName ezlwebserver.homeip.net ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot "c:\eZpublish\eZpublish" 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>
Greg McAvoy-Jensen	Thursday 08 November 2007 6:22:19 am Johannas, You'll need to set MatchOrder to host, not uri. Tot ziens. Greg McAvoy-Jensen Granite Horizon, Certified Developer of eZ Publish Web Solutions Provider of the SaaS Solution Granite Horizon In The Cloud \| http://granitehorizon.com/cloud http://granitehorizon.com \| +1 916 647 6350 \| California USA \| @granitegreg Blog: http://granitehorizon.com/blog
Johannes Lachman	Friday 09 November 2007 1:53:32 am Ahh yes than it works except my /admin panels dont work anymore. (page cannot be found) Is it only one or the other? Host or Uri? and not both?
Heath	Friday 09 November 2007 2:11:54 am I think that fallbacks are still supported ... try using both. Here is an untested settings example of what I suggest. See MatchOrder ... This is a pattern / feature found in the default settings. <i>http://pubsvn.ez.no/nextgen/trunk/settings/site.ini</i> [SiteAccessSettings] # <snip /> # MatchOrder=host;uri # or ... # MatchOrder=uri;host MatchOrder=host;uri HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com;eyc HostMatchMapItems[]=eyc.getmyip.com/eycadmin;eycadmin HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net;ezechiel HostMatchMapItems[]=ezlwebserver.homeip.net/ezladmin;ezladmin Another (possibly <i>better</i>) suggestion is for you to stop using uri method to access the admin. You would be better of using a dns host alias in your local hosts file or dns for admin.yourdomain.com Cheers, Heath Brookins Consulting \| http://brookinsconsulting.com/ Certified \| http://auth.ez.no/certification/verify/380350 Solutions \| http://projects.ez.no/users/community/brookins_consulting eZpedia community documentation project \| http://ezpedia.org
Johannes Lachman	Thursday 29 November 2007 2:29:42 am Hi again, I tried the following down below... "Is it possible to log in onto the administrative backend of site 2? If you can login there, go the the "Users accounts" section. Click on "roles and policies", and then on the link "Anonymous ". Check if the user login siteaccess rule includes the siteaccess for site 2." But i still get the access denied for my second site. Only when i log in and log out again. The content is visible for the time that i am active on the site. Are there some other policies that i have to include? Further more i notice that the sitename of settings\override\site.ini.append.php is used and not the sitename of settings\siteaccess\eyc (second site). What must i do to let him use the params of my siteaccess specific file? i see that the sites show different content, but i guess i missed a step somewhere. Some advise please... :-) Kind regards, Johannes
Greg McAvoy-Jensen	Tuesday 08 July 2008 3:28:33 pm For the record--clearing the cache may have been the other step he needed. It just worked for me. Granite Horizon, Certified Developer of eZ Publish Web Solutions Provider of the SaaS Solution Granite Horizon In The Cloud \| http://granitehorizon.com/cloud http://granitehorizon.com \| +1 916 647 6350 \| California USA \| @granitegreg Blog: http://granitehorizon.com/blog
Jameel Rahmaan	Friday 01 August 2008 6:11:57 am I have a very similar problem with my multi site install using virtual hosts and a single database with the site access files limiting the viewable content and start nodes accordingly. In my case all the admin sites work with the right content restrictions but all the user sites have the same issue where access is denied to the anonymous user. As soon as I log in, I get the right content displayed according to the section limits I have set up. All of my user site access and my overrride site.ini files have [SiteAccessSettings] DefaultAccess=tdi_user (or other user site access) RequireUserLogin=false Apache is also set up to allow anonymous access and I have changed the anonymous role to have viewing rights on my new sections. I also have a different cache directory set for each siteaccess. I have also played around with the settings in the override/site.ini.append.php and siteaccess/site.ini.append.php files to see if other combinations would help but nothing works. And yes, I do clear the cache after every ini file change. What I don't understand is why my settings are being ignored and the anonymous user cannot see content. The error log is not much help: [ Aug 01 2008 13:00:02 ] [5.0.4.102] Timing Point: Module start 'content' [ Aug 01 2008 13:00:02 ] [5.0.4.102] error/view.php: Error ocurred using URI: /index.php Do I absolutely need to use a different database for each site or is there some other config setting I am overlooking? Any help would be appreciated.
Greg McAvoy-Jensen	Friday 01 August 2008 8:26:21 am You can use the same database. However, as I understand it, the number of databases dictates the number of var directories. Each database should have exactly one var directory. Have you given the anonymous user login privileges on the new siteaccess? Granite Horizon, Certified Developer of eZ Publish Web Solutions Provider of the SaaS Solution Granite Horizon In The Cloud \| http://granitehorizon.com/cloud http://granitehorizon.com \| +1 916 647 6350 \| California USA \| @granitegreg Blog: http://granitehorizon.com/blog
Jameel Rahmaan	Friday 01 August 2008 8:38:39 am The anonymous user has the following role: content read Section( Standard , Bigbuoy ) content pdf Section( Standard , Bigbuoy ) user login No limitations I'll update the var settings and clear the cache now.
Jameel Rahmaan	Friday 01 August 2008 9:00:59 am Okay, that's better but still not all the way there. The main site is now allowing anonymous users but the site that is limited to a particular section is still giving me an access denied error for the anonymous user. However the admin section is still coming up so I'm going through the site ini files to see if I've made a mistake somewhere. Thanks for the help so far. All sorted - browser cache issue on the site limited to one section