But is a instruction from MS... so how can be good (no! is not becuase is from MS: serving CGI this way is bad performance!)
I want to provide a good advice: My parent hosting company is given to me a *great* favor so I don't wanna put the support staff in troubles... This is for run in a shared hosting environemnt so must be bullet proof.
Because that, I think is impossible to demand a apache config here.
So, what are the alternatives? (excluding getting a linux box)
- Is FastCGI the rigth answer? - Existe a stable ISAPI dll?
On 24/05/2006, at 8:08 AM, mamc...@gmail.com wrote:
> re.
> So, what are the alternatives? (excluding getting a linux box)
you can run apache2.2 on windows quite well. if IIS has a proxy type solution you could just run apache2.2 on a separate port and have it handle the django side of things. otherwise you could have apache become the front-end webserver and then delegate the requests which require ISS to the proxy. something like in apache
I don't think the last option (swap the IIS for Apache) like to the hosting company. Remember: is a shared hosting server, already RUNNING websites and that thing (the test part is my job, but if that pass ok this must be a simply thing for theirs)...
The first option... that not mean that a URL become:
> I don't think the last option (swap the IIS for Apache) like to the > hosting company. Remember: is a shared hosting server, already RUNNING > websites and that thing (the test part is my job, but if that pass ok > this must be a simply thing for theirs)...
> The first option... that not mean that a URL become:
I read anything I get in google about IIS/FastCGI/Django deployment/WSGI and that stuff..
And I think is very confusing. Is not starnge then people fear to test python for web hosting: is far more dificult that any other web-enable language in the deploy side of the things...
I read the ActiveState site: Don't say anything.
The PyISAPI project not have anything about how configure the thing
About install ruby on IIS.. have some sense, but only have in return blank pages...
I check the WSGI support and maybe I can figure something but the requeriment to build a .asp page for EACH Url is insane... and the thing about replicate the url rewriting is not fun...
I only found people that say was able to use IIS with fastcgi or that say WSGI is the way for python but nothing concrete yet...
On 5/24/06, mamc...@gmail.com <mamc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And I think is very confusing. Is not starnge then people fear to test > python for web hosting: is far more dificult that any other web-enable > language in the deploy side of the things...
In your own self-interest: you've said you plan to run commercial sites on this platform. You have a well-known scaleable and community-supported configuration (apache+mod_python) on the one hand, and an alpha- or beta-quality IIS shoehorn on the other hand. Is hosting such a significant cost that you couldn't switch to a better configuration?
The reason? I have everything now under this package, the databases, the sites, the expertise. I have almost zero experience in run linux and configure this...
Anyway, despite the fact if I go to Linux or not, I think that persue the option of easy to run under IIS can help python/django in the exposure side of the things...
Take in account that if something is under IIS is because run also ASP/ASP.NET and have some investiment here...
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 07:18:06PM -0000, mamc...@gmail.com <mamc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know...
> I have the option to get Linux as a fallback.
Shouldn't ever be a fallback, it should be the primary choice - unless you're fond of having your webserver compromised... (speaking from experience of setting up IIS and within 3 minutes of it being on the net with the latest updates it being backdoored and viruses roaming free...)
> The reason? I have everything now under this package, the databases, > the sites, the expertise. I have almost zero experience in run linux > and configure this...
All eggs, one basket? Sounds like a good way to run a business there.
> Anyway, despite the fact if I go to Linux or not, I think that persue > the option of easy to run under IIS can help python/django in the > exposure side of the things...
Not at the expense of doing more useful things, like finishing off for the 1.0 release!
> Take in account that if something is under IIS is because run also > ASP/ASP.NET and have some investiment here...
Or because the space is going cheap because no one else wants to touch it with a barge pole...
> Add another web server is hard to sell...
Really? I've not noticed that, but the I'm a single user and have 3 web servers in different places.
I've done it. It works fine. And then I woke up and installed Apache and turned off the IIS service.
Note that if you are stuck on Windows, Apache + mod_python + MySQL + Django works very well. I run that at work and do a lot of my personal Django development on that and then just "svn up" and "service httpd restart" on my Linux box to roll out changes.
On 5/25/06, DavidA <david.avraami...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've used Python with IIS for the MoinMoin wiki (where do they get > these names?).
They speak German.
> Note that if you are stuck on Windows, Apache + mod_python + MySQL + > Django works very well.
Doesn't pre-forking apache on windows scale badly due to window's high process startup cost? I guess it'd depend how often you recycle your httpd processes...
>> Note that if you are stuck on Windows, Apache + mod_python + MySQL + >> Django works very well.
> Doesn't pre-forking apache on windows scale badly due to window's high > process startup cost? I guess it'd depend how often you recycle your > httpd processes...
Apache2 hasn't pre-forked on windows for years, it uses threads inside a single process, and is about as fast (or faster.. it was close) as the version running on linux last time I checked.
I should have clarified: I use Apache2 on Windows (and Linux for that matter). As Ian pointed out, Apache2 is multi-threaded and works very well on both Linux and Windows.
experience of setting up IIS and within 3 minutes of it being on the net with the latest updates it being backdoored and viruses roaming free
That is YOUR experience. My web server never have that kind of troubles. I have my small developer company with Windows 2003 and I expose my svn, and other 3/4 internal websites. I don't have problems with viruses or hacking and run well all this time.
I know that windows by default can be more insecure. But that is not my experience and that is not the point. The point is: Is possible run well django/python under IIS, yes or not?
> All eggs, one basket? Sounds like a good way to run a business there.
The other option is try another basket I DON'T KNOW and lets see.
I don't know why the rude acctitude... I'm a former Windows Developer for 7 years and found a compelling reason to try python and put it for my company. I'm risking because a)My experience in python is 1 month 2)My experience in django is 2 weeks?
I'm triying to lowe the risk. And if is not possible, I'm willing to try linux...
> Ok. So if work, what reason you have for ditch it for Apache?
There were really four reasons I moved from IIS to Apache: 1) Virtual hosting: although you _can_ do virtual hosting on IIS, you really need IIS6 on Win2k3 to support the host header fields. The default IIS on XP Pro doesn't allow this and I wanted my dev and prod environments to behave the same way. Apache's virtual hosting support is a head and shoulders above IIS, in my opinion. 2) Performance: while I don't have specific numbers at hand, the IIS configuration (of Django and the MoinMoin wiki) always felt a little sluggish for what should have been snappy apps. I tried them out under Apache2 and they felt much more responsive. I can't really say if I was using IIS in the best way, but I did the quick-and-dirty setup in both IIS and Apache2 and Apache seemed faster. I especially notice this when I haven't accessed a page in a while. It seems that IIS takes a while to "warm up" but once it does its not bad. Apache seems to always be pretty fast. 3) Consistency: I like that my configuration on Windows and Linux is very similar now. And I've even been thinking of buying a Mac so that becomes even more important. 4) Community/documentation: once I decided to start using Python, MySQL and now Django, I find it a lot easier to find information on the web for using Apache with those technologies. Its sort of the "go with the grain" mentality. I didn't want to run into the very kinds of problems you are now - where its hard to find good examples of how to use the various technologies you have chosen.
I used to be a C#/ASP.NET guy so I have used IIS quite a bit. Its not bad, and I haven't had the problems with security that other note - at least not in any of the more recent versions of Windows and IIS. But I just find for the development platform I've chose, Apache is a better fit than IIS. That's all.
I think that using python in a pure CGI setup is responsible in part of the lack of performance here.
Because that, I'm looking how use fastcgi and/or wsgi here. Also, I don't see how the common setup of map .py extension for cgi can help with django (how can execure django/home? how load the settings?)
I have FastCGI installed under IIS... I have a couple of WSGI solutions too., but I don't figure how can use that...
Hey there- so I decided to heed your input and I created a Django adapter for PyISAPIe, so now you can run Django in a true ISAPI environment. It seems to run without a hitch. As far as mapping arbitrary paths, all you have to do is use the wildcard application map to the DLL (assuming you have IIS6).
It's really easy to get going - if you download the newest version (http://pyisapie.sourceforge.net) you'll see the adapter with the example Python code.
I did some performance testing with a few different apps included in Django (I think it was an admin page and one of the hello apps) - I was getting between 900 and 1700 requests per second. Hope that's good enough for you ;)
I'm glad I was able to bring the two together so easily, considering that my focus on the ISAPI part of the project has been so narrow that I have yet to add tools similar to what Django already has.
Please let me know if you have questions, and enjoy!
> I think that using python in a pure CGI setup is responsible in part of > the lack of performance here.
> Because that, I'm looking how use fastcgi and/or wsgi here. Also, I > don't see how the common setup of map .py extension for cgi can help > with django (how can execure django/home? how load the settings?)
> I have FastCGI installed under IIS... I have a couple of WSGI solutions > too., but I don't figure how can use that...