Sam, That's exactly what we arrived at: PyISAPIe doesn't work with IIS, so I will install an Apache pack on Windows.
We've already launched a VMWare (Win VPS) with no IIS running on it, and I lean to XAMPP as an appropriate Apache out-of-box pack to run on the Win platform. What would you say? Will it do for development AND production modes? Or shall I 'poke around' any other Apache distro? p.s. The only thing I would avoid is dealing purely with Apache configs: I need a distro to be set up and running asap, that's why I'm thinking of XAMPP. Anthony On 8 дек, 06:54, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > Eeek. Just had a poke around with getting Django running on IIS. > > Making it work with FastCGI will need a bit of work; doesn't work out > of the box and isn't well documented as most of the focus has been on > PHP. > > It does seem to work ok with PyISAPIe. I'd probably install Apache and > use that instead though, either replacing IIS, or using IIS as a > reverse proxy to Apache. > > On 8 December 2010 11:07, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 8 December 2010 02:50, shmengie <1st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>www.cygwin.comis one possible windows avenue that might work. When I > >> was hanging on to windows because I had to support it, I used cygwin > >> religiously. I found a lot about cygwin to be frustrating, but it was > >> better than being w/out unix/linux all-together. > > > That isn't really going to help. The issue isn't *nix compatibility, > > but connecting Django with IIS. FastCGI is the official way to go; the > > other ISAPI modules are the next best thing. > > > I work with both platforms, and I've lost count the number of times > > I've typed 'ls' into a Windows command prompt and have it error out :) > > Luckily it works in PowerShell, which is one of the things that > > Windows does that's better than *nix. > > >> Unless you absolutely positively must remain a Windows/Microsoft > >> supporter, I recommend grabbing an old decommissioned box and slap > >> Linux on it. It's gotten a lot easier with the latest distributions. > >> I use Ubuntu for most, but Cent-os might be just what you need, and > >> I've heard good things about Mint, but haven't gone there. If you can > >> live without the Xwindows/GUI almost *any* machine will work and > >> perform just fine. W/Google and apt-get command line, you should be > >> able to get a box up and running inside of a couple of hours. > > > It doesn't work like that in corporate environments. You can't just > > set up a box and connect it to the network - the IT admins will scream > > at you (at the very least). They need to be properly assessed, > > configured, and most importantly maintained - an improperly > > maintained/configured *nix box isn't secure either. And as OP doesn't > > have any *nix admins, it isn't going to happen unless they hire or > > outsource. > > >> I can imagine Linux is frightening, but it doesn't need to be. For me > >> it's like a big box of toys, you might have to do a fair amount of > >> reading, but there's a lot of good documentation and Google can be > >> your friend. I prefer googling linux issues over Microsoft Technet > >> issues. Tech-net can be such a royal PITA. > > > It isn't utopia on the Linux side either - with the slight variations > > between every Linux distro, often solutions you find don't exactly > > work because of some annoying difference (versions, config paths, > > location of files, default packages etc.). > > >> Argh, soo far off topic, my apologies. > > > So back to on to the topic - > > > Is the issue that FastCGI isn't up to scratch in terms of performance, > > or is it not working at all? > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Django users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
