[Setup] How to use Buildout on an existing non-buildout install

Sergey V. sergey.volobuev at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 00:21:16 UTC 2008




afewtips.com wrote:
> 
> I installed Zope without buildout. I made many modifications via the web. 
> 
> Now I want to use buildout. Will it overwrite my Zope install? Do I need
> to rebuild all my changes through the buildout process?
> 

The thing is that buildout lets you treat your zope instances as discardable
- all you should care about is your Data.fs and buildout configs. So throw
this one away and create a new one.


afewtips.com wrote:
> 
> Will saving the data.fs retain the setup of things like cache settings?
> And finally, I have 2 sites on the one zope server, Can I dictate which
> site is affected in the buildout ? 
> 

Buildout is not about changes in Data.fs - it is about repeatably creating
(empty) Zope instances - once you created an instance just copy your Data.fs
there, it won't notice a difference provided you've told the buildout to
install the same set of third-party products.

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