A very easy example

config file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAlias   www.example.org
 ServerAdmin   webmaster@example.org
 ServerSignature On

 CustomLog     /var/log/apache2/example.org-access.log combined
 ErrorLog      /var/log/apache2/example.org-error.log
 LogLevel warn

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^/(.*) \
      http://localhost:10080/VirtualHostBase/http/%{SERVER_NAME}:80/example_org/VirtualHostRoot/$1 [L,P]
 </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

A virtual host serving zope

www.example.org.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAlias   www.example.org
 ServerAdmin   webmaster@example.org
 ServerSignature On

 # we don't need a DocumentRoot for a zope only sites
 #DocumentRoot  /var/www/example.org

 CustomLog     /var/log/apache2/example.org-access.log combined
 ErrorLog      /var/log/apache2/example.org-error.log
 LogLevel warn

 # log the deflate compression rate to a file
 #CustomLog /var/log/apache2/deflate_log deflate

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On

   # use RewriteLog to debug problems with your rewrite rules
   # disable it after you found the error our your harddisk will be filled *very fast*
   # RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite_log"
   # RewriteLogLevel 2

   # serving icons from apache 2 server
   RewriteRule ^/icons/ - [L]

   # rewrite any access to manage to a secure server
   RewriteRule ^/(.*)/manage(.*) \
     https://secure.example.org/zope/example_instance/example_org/$1/manage$2 [NC,R=301,L]
   RewriteRule ^/manage(.*) \
     https://secure.example.org/zope/example_instance/example_org/manage$1 [NC,R=301,L]

   # rewrite any other access to the zope server using a proxy [P] and add the VMH magic keywords
   # use %{SERVER_NAME} instead of example.com to avoid busting the ServerAlias
   # %{HTTP_HOST} is bad because it may contain the port
   RewriteRule ^/(.*) \
      http://localhost:10080/VirtualHostBase/http/%{SERVER_NAME}:80/example_org/VirtualHostRoot/$1 [L,P]
 </IfModule>

 <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
   ProxyVia On

   # prevent the webserver from beeing used as proxy
   <LocationMatch "^[^/]">
     Deny from all
   </LocationMatch>
 </IfModule>


 # caching (disabled)
 # this caches every file with the correct caching informations starting at /
 <IfModule mod_disk_cache.c>
   #CacheEnable disk /
 </IfModule>

 # compression (disabled)
 <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
   #SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
 </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

Additional rewrite rules

Rewrite rules used for serving the secure manage access.

HTTP host redirecting every access to the https server:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName    secure.example.org
 ServerAdmin   webmaster@example.org
 ServerSignature On

 # we don't need a DocumentRoot for zope only sites
 #DocumentRoot  /var/www/secure.example.org

 CustomLog     /var/log/apache2/secure.example.org-access.log combined
 ErrorLog      /var/log/apache2/secure.example.org-error.log
 LogLevel warn


 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On

   # use RewriteLog to debug problems with your rewrite rules
   # disable it after you found the error our your harddisk will be filled *very fast*
   # RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite_log"
   # RewriteLogLevel 2

   # Rewrite with redirect moved permanently
   RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://secure.example.org/$1 [R=301, L]
 </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

SSL Host serving all manage access to zope:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
 ServerName    secure.example.org
 ServerAdmin   webmaster@example.org
 ServerSignature On

 DocumentRoot  /var/www/secure.example.org-ssl

 CustomLog     /var/log/apache2/secure.example.org-ssl-access.log combined
 ErrorLog      /var/log/apache2/secure.example.org-ssl-error.log
 LogLevel warn

 SSLEngine On
 SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/crt/secure.example.org.crt
 SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/key/secure.example.org.key

 <Location />
   # Force usage of ssl encryption
   SSLRequireSSL

   # SSL client certs:  none, optional, require
   # Note: optional doesn't work with all browsers
   SSLVerifyClient optional
   SSLVerifyDepth 1
  
   SSLOptions +StdEnvVars +StrictRequire
   #optional +ExportCertData
 </Location>


 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On

  # use RewriteLog to debug problems with your rewrite rules
  # disable it after you found the error our your harddisk will be filled *very fast*
  # RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite_log"
  # RewriteLogLevel 2

  # The following rules will rewrite any access to https://secure.example.org/zope/example_instance/
  # to the root of the zope instance running at localhost:10080

  RewriteRule ^/zope/main_instance$ \
      http://localhost:10080/VirtualHostBase/https/secure.example.org:443/VirtualHostRoot/_vh_zope/_vh_example_instance [L,P]
  RewriteRule ^/zope/main_instance/(.*) \
      http://localhost:10080/VirtualHostBase/https/secure.example.org:443/VirtualHostRoot/_vh_zope/_vh_example_instance/$1 [L,P]
 </IfModule>

 <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
  ProxyVia On

  # prevent the webserver from beeing used as proxy
  <LocationMatch "^[^/]">
    Deny from all
  </LocationMatch>
 </IfModule>

 # don't try to cache ssl!

 # compression (disabled)
 <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
   #SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
 </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

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