TTW configuration of virtual_hosting mapping to serve Plone site over https

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Normally I do this in Apache or nginx with a rewrite like this:

RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://localhost:8080/VirtualHostBase/https/yoursite.com:443/Plone/VirtualHostRoot/$1 [P,L]

Today I'm working with the TTW virtual_hosting (no access to configure the proxy).

Is there a way to set a mapping in {myinstance}/virtual_hosting/ so that https will work?

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I figured it out, putting this in the virtual_hosting mappings worked for me.

example.com/VirtualHostBase/https/example.com/Plone

explanation:

example.com represents the URL of my site
/VirtualHostBase/https/example.com forces zope to serve example.com over https://
/Plone represents the path to my plone site

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Would that "hinder" the Volto in any way? Would performance be worse?

I'm wanting to let Volto access Plone, but I'd like to access Plone directly, through a gateway, without going through an nginx. For gateway access to work with https, I would have to have the above solution. Is there another solution for this?

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Not sure that it will make a difference. Best to try it.

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My question is whether having an entry in virtual_hosting along with a VirtualHostBase in the URL will slow things down.

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No. it goes through the same code either way. We run our production using all TTW virtual host monster config so we can change things quickly.

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Wesley Barroso Lopes via Plone Community wrote at 2022-8-31 17:19 +0000:

My question is whether having an entry in virtual_hosting along with a VirtualHostBase in the URL will slow things down.

Likely a bit but probably not significantly.

If you really need to know, make measurements.