Goal

To run moodle (http://moodle.org/) and zope2.7 (http://www.zope.org/) on port 80 of our school computer science web server (http://linus.yhspatriot.net). We are behind a firewall with only port 80 open, so I needed to setup virtual hosting with apache2 to make this work. I wanted linus.yhspatriot.net to point to a zope2.7 instance, and moodle.yhspatriot.net to point to a moodle instance. I found it convenient to have mysql.yhspatriot.net point to mysql-admin as well.

Setting up the server

1. install ubuntu 5.04 server.

2. edit /etc/network/interfaces for static ip address by changing the primary interface to:

   •     # The primary network interface
         iface eth0 inet static
             address 158.59.195.113
             netmask 255.255.252.0
             gateway 158.59.192.1

3. edit /etc/apt/sources.list removing cdrom source at top and uncommenting universe sources.

4. do the apt-get dance (apt-get update and apt-get upgrade).

5. install the following using apt-get:
   • ssh
   • apache2
   • mysql-server
   • phpmyadmin

Configuring Apache Modules

• As root, run the following:

  • ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.conf

• Repeat with proxy_connect.load and proxy.load

Installing moodle

Installing zope2.7

Configuring virtual hosts

1. Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, adding a NameVirtualHost line, so that the last three lines of the file look like this:

   •     # Include the virtual host configurations
         NameVirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80
         Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[^.#]*

2. Create a file named azi.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available with the following:

   •     <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
         ServerName linus.yhspatriot.net
         ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
         ProxyRequests off
         <Proxy *>
         Order deny,allow
         Allow from all
         </Proxy>
         ProxyPass / http://158.59.195.113:8080/
         ProxyPassReverse / http://158.59.195.113:8080/
         ProxyPass /misc_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/misc_
         ProxyPassReverse /misc_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/misc_
         ProxyPass /p_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/p_
         ProxyPassReverse /p_ http://158.59.195.113:8080/p_
         </VirtualHost>
     
         <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
         ServerName mysql.yhspatriot.net
         ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
         ProxyRequests off
         <Proxy *>
         Order deny,allow
         Allow from all
         </Proxy>
     
         DocumentRoot /var/www/phpmyadmin/
     
         Options +FollowSymLinks
     
         <IfModule mod_php4.c>
                 php_flag magic_quotes_gpc On
                 php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
                 php_flag file_uploads On
                 php_flag short_open_tag On
                 php_flag session.auto_start Off
                 php_flag session.bug_compat_warn Off
     
                 php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
                 php_value post_max_size 2M
         </IfModule>
     
         <IfModule mod_dir.c>
                 DirectoryIndex index.php
         </IfModule>
         </VirtualHost>
     
     
         <VirtualHost 158.59.195.113:80>
         ServerName moodle.yhspatriot.net
         ServerAdmin jeff@elkner.net
         ProxyRequests off
         <Proxy *>
         Order deny,allow
         Allow from all
         </Proxy>
     
         DocumentRoot /var/www/moodle/
     
         Options +FollowSymLinks
     
         <IfModule mod_php4.c>
                 php_flag magic_quotes_gpc On
                 php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
                 php_flag file_uploads On
                 php_flag short_open_tag On
                 php_flag session.auto_start Off
                 php_flag session.bug_compat_warn Off
     
                 php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
                 php_value post_max_size 2M
         </IfModule>
     
         <IfModule mod_dir.c>
                 DirectoryIndex index.php
         </IfModule>
         </VirtualHost>

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