Plone on cloud is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone is positioned as an “Enterprise CMS” and is most commonly used for intranets and as part of the web presence of large organizations. Plone runs on the Zope application server, which is written in Python.
Plone on cloud by default stores all information in Zope’s built-in transactional object database (ZODB). It comes with installers for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux along with other operating systems.
Plone is owned by Plone(https://plone.org/) and they own all related trademarks and IP rights for this software.
Plone on Cloud runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure and is built to be used for all types of websites including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites.
Cognosys provides hardened images of Plone Web Edition on all public cloud i.e. AWS marketplace and Azure.
2) Connect to virtual machine using following SSH credentials:
Hostname: PublicDNS / IP of machine
Port : 22
Username: Your chosen username when you created the machine ( For example: Azureuser) Password : Your Chosen Password when you created the machine ( How to reset the password if you do not remember)
Step 2) Application URL: Access the application via a browser at http://PublicDNS:8080
Username : admin (Please create new user and delete this user)
Password : Passw@rd123
Note: Open port 8080 on server Firewall.
Step 3) Other Information:
1. Default installation path: will be in your web root folder “/opt/plone/zinstance”
2 . To stop and start service:
service plone stop
service plone start
3. Default ports:
Linux Machines: SSH Port – 22
Http: 8080
Note :Open port 8080 on server Firewall.
Configure custom inbound and outbound rules using this link
4. To access Webmin interface for management please follow this link
2) Connect to virtual machine using following SSH credentials:
Hostname: PublicDNS / IP of machine
Port : 22
Username: Your chosen username when you created the machine ( For example: Azureuser) Password : Your Chosen Password when you created the machine ( How to reset the password if you do not remember)
Step 2) Application URL: Access the application via a browser at http://PublicDNS:8080
Username : azureuser (Please create new user and delete this user)
Password : Passw@rd123
Step 3) Other Information:
1. Default installation path: will be in your web root folder “/usr/local/Plone”
2. To stop and start service:
service plone stop
service plone start
3.Default ports:
Linux Machines: SSH Port – 22
Http: 8080
Open port 8080 on server Firewall.
Configure custom inbound and outbound rules using this link
4. To access Webmin interface for management please follow this link
The below screen appears after successful deployment of the image.
For local MySQL root password, please use the temporary password generated automatically during image creation as shown above.
i) Please connect to Remote Desktop as given in step 2 to ensure stack is properly configured and DB is initialized.
ii) You can use MySQL server instance as localhost, username root and password as shown above.
If you have closed the deployment page you can also get the MySQL root password from VM Details “Custom metadata” Section.
Step 2) Application URL: Access the application via a browser at http://PublicDNS:8080
Note: Plone successfully installed at /opt/plone
See /opt/plone/zinstance/README.html
for startup instructions.
Use the account information below to log into the Zope Management Interface
The account has full ‘Manager’ privileges.
Username: admin Password: eXi4DrYxF0o5
This account is created when the object database is initialized. If you change
the password later (which you should!), you’ll need to use the new password.
Use this account only to create Plone sites and initial users. Do not use it
for routine login or maintenance.
Step 3) Other Information:
1. Default installation path: will be in your web root folder “/usr/local/Plone”
2. To stop and start service:
service plone stop
service plone start
3.Default ports:
Linux Machines: SSH Port – 22 or 2222
Http: 80 or 8080
Https: 443
Sql or Mysql ports: By default these are not open on Public Endpoints. Internally Sql server: 1433. Mysql :3306
