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Problem

As you probably know, the web2py admin must be hosted on a secured domain. We set a client up with a basic CRM system under the domain http://crm.maindomain.com, which worked perfectly until a GeoTrust SSL Certificate was installed.

Since the purchased GeoTrust certificate was just for a single domain, there was no way to access the web2py admin unless another dedicated IP address was purchased - which the site owner did not want to pay for.

Fortunately, there is a work around.

Solution

After hours of research/tests, the identified solution was to configure the web2py application, as well as the admin, under the main domain:

  • App: https://maindomain.com/crm
  • Admin: https://maindomain.com/crm/admin

Essentially, any URL pattern that fell under /crm/ would be served by web2py, while all other URLS would be served by an existing Joomla application.

Steps

  1. Transfer the apache SSL configuration from the current crm domain (crm.mainpage.com) to the main domain (mainpage.com):
# mv /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/ssl/2/main/crm.maindomain.com /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/ssl/2/main/maindomain.com
  1. Update the apache config /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/ssl/2/main/maindomain.com/wsgi.conf:
ServerName maindomain.com
ServerAlias crm.maindomain.com www.maindomain.com

WSGIScriptAlias /crm /home/main/python/maindomain.com/app/app.wsgi

Note: Make sure to also comment out ‘UserDir disabled’ and all apache Rewrite lines

  1. Update web2py routing configuration, /home/main/python/maindomain.com/app/web2py/routes.py:
routers = dict(
    BASE = dict(
    default_application='CRM',
    path_prefix='crm',
    )
)
  1. Rebuild apache config:
# /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
  1. Restart apache:
# /scripts/restartsrv_httpd