Install Plone. Once Plone is installed the following extra steps need to be taken: Integrate Plone into the system init scripts Setup Plone Backups Integrate Plone into the system logrotation configuration The Ace Hosting ingenious software standard way of doing this stores scripts in the directory /usr/local/etc/plone There should be three directories and a file inside that directory: init.d - holds the startup shutdown scripts logrotate - holds logrotation configuration files scripts - holds the backup scripts sites - holds the list of plone instances on the server with some basic information