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Advantages of using Apache or Ngix

Asked by Rigoberto Villalta

Hello. I would like to know if there is another advantages using a web server other than use the standard ports (80 and 465).

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Tom Hoffman (tom-hoffman) said : 		#1

We recommend using Apache in front of Zope's python web server, see http://book.schooltool.org/apache.html

We do it this way because it makes it easy to get SchoolTool running on a non-privileged port for demonstration and testing. It avoids certain security headaches that would be involved in making SchoolTool itself run as a privileged user (that is, if SchoolTool served on port 80). It also allows you to use Apache's very well documented and proven SSL support and other goodies.

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Rigoberto Villalta (rigoav) said : 		#2

Thanks Tom