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In the past few years, we have seen some dramatic changes in the way Plone sites are being developed, deployed, and maintained. As a result, developing and deploying sites, changing their default settings, and performing day to day maintenance tasks can be a challenge. This book covers site administration tasks, from setting up a development instance, to optimizing a deployed production site, and more. It demonstrates how-to perform these tasks in a comprehensive way, and walks the user through the necessary steps to achieve results.We have divided the subject of Plone site administration into three categories: development, deployment, and maintenance. We begin by explaining how a Plone site is built, and how to start using it through the web. Next, we add features by installing add-on products, focusing on themes, blogging, and other common enhancements. After the basics of developing and deploying a Plone site are covered, the book covers the basics of maintaining it.Further, throughout the book we preview some new technologies related to Plone site administration, available now as add-ons to the current Plone release. Finally, we will cover a variety of techniques to help you optimize your site's performance.
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Plone 3.3 Site Administration
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Plone 3.3 Site Administration
Credits
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Credits
Foreword
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Foreword
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewer
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About the Reviewer
Preface
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Preface
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Site administration essentials
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What you need to get started
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About Plone installers
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About Python software distributions
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How to install Distribute—a framework for managing Python packages
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How to install PIP: a more user friendly Python package installer
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How to install Buildout—a tool for building software
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More about Python software distributions
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How to install a C compiler
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How to install Subversion—a version control system
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How to install Python with Buildout
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Summary
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Site Basics
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Site Basics
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More about Buildout
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Customizing site navigation
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Adding new content types
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Summary
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Appearance
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Appearance
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Installing themes with Buildout
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Examining themes with Omelette and Python
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Overview of theme package files
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Creating a theme package with ZopeSkel
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Examining themes in the Zope Management Interface
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Making changes through the Web
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Summary
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Administration
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Administration
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Configuring mail settings in a development environment
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User and group management: Out of the box
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Users and groups management with LDAP
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Deployment and Maintenance
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Deployment and Maintenance
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Creating a production buildout
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Backing up your database
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Automating database backups
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Restoring your database from a backup
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Packing your database
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Automate database packing
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Rotating logs
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Optimization
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Optimization
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Caching background in the context of Plone
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Installing CacheFu—a caching add-on for Plone
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Installing Varnish—a caching agent
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Installing Squid—a caching agent
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Creating multiple instances with Buildout macros
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Load balancing in the context of Plone
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Installing Supervisor—a process manager
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Understanding the software stack
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Installing Munin plugins to analyze performance
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Security
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Security
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Restricting TCP/IP access to localhost or LAN host
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Managing IP addresses and ports effectively
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Configuring the Zope 2 effective user dynamically
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Installing Cassandra to audit through the web (TTW) security
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Applying security and bug fixes to Plone
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The Future
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The Future
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Specifying package versions
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Executing Buildout in offline mode
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Analyzing the contents of our buildout
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Staying calm when trouble arises
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Upgrading to Plone 4
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Index

Chapter 1. Background

In the past few years, the Plone community has experienced some dramatic changes in the way Plone sites are being developed, deployed, and maintained:

  • Once upon a time, add-ons to Zope 2 were distributed as specialized Python packages (called Products); nowadays they are distributed as generic Python packages (called Eggs)

  • Originally, the Zope 2 application server was distributed as a single monolithic package; nowadays many parts of Zope 2 have been factored out into smaller packages, which comprise a portion of a larger set of reusable Zope packages (called the Zope Toolkit)

To make things more challenging, the Zope community has recently renamed various projects and has redefined the Zope ecosystem in the process:

While this influx of new technology alongside the old has presented a challenge for many, it represents a fundamental step in the forward direction for Plone:

  • With the adoption of Eggs, Plone joins the rest of the Python community in sharing a common packaging framework with a rich set of features, including the ability to specify version dependencies

  • With the adoption of the Zope Toolkit, Plone joins the rest of the Zope community in using the Zope Component Architecture to manage application complexity

Unfortunately, there is a price to pay for all of this progress—confusion. Many people are confused about the best way to develop, deploy, and maintain their Plone site. This is very much expected with a complex system like Plone, but is not ideal.

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Although not quite there yet, Plone is moving rapidly towards a better development, deployment, and maintenance story. Every day the situation improves, and there has never been a better time to start using Plone! The author truly believes in the Plone software and community, and hopes this book will inspire others to feel the same.

By presenting clear instructions and using best practices and techniques from the Python and Zope communities, this book aims to eliminate any remaining confusion.

In this chapter, you will learn:

  • Site administration essentials

  • What you need to get started

  • About the Plone installers

  • About Python software distributions

  • How to install Distribute—a framework for managing Python packages

  • How to install PIP—a more user friendly Python package installer

  • How to install Buildout—a tool for building software

  • More about Python software distributions

  • How to install a C compiler

  • How to install Subversion—a version control system

  • How to install Python with Buildout

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