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

Configuring Apache Module

• As root, run the following:
  • ln -s /etc/apache2/modules-available/proxy.conf /etc/apache2/modules-enabled/proxy.conf
• Repeat with proxy_connect.load and proxy.load

Configuring virtual hosts

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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