Installation

ISAPI_WSGI 0.4.2

This document relates the current version of the isapi_wsgi handler released in April 2010. Dependencies

Python 2.3+
Python win32 extensions that include the isapi package
wsgiref library from http://cvs.eby-sarna.com/wsgiref/ (included in Python 2.5+)
A windows webserver that supports ISAPI (isapi_wsgi has been tested on IIS 5.1, 6.0 and 7.0)
IIS 7.x must have IIS 6.0 Management Compatability installed.
If IIS is 64bit but installed python is 32bit, enable 32bit applications in app pool. 
See http://code.google.com/p/isapi-wsgi/issues/detail?id=10 

Installation

Python 2.3 or better is required.

Get isapi-wsgi using any of these methods:

from PyPi

easy_install isapi_wsgi

Download the archive or windows installer from here

If you downloaded the archive, to install, just unpack it, go to the directory containing 'setup.py', and run:

python setup.py install

isapi_wsgi.py will be installed in the 'site-packages' directory of your Python installation. (Unless directed elsewhere; see the "Installing Python Modules" section of the Python manuals for details on customizing installation locations, etc.).

(Note: for the Win32 installer release, just run the .exe file.)

To help with deployment you may find ISAPIWSGIHelper useful. ISAPIWSGIHelper is a small command line script and some helper utilities to help bootstrap deployment of WSGI applications using isapi-wsgi with Microsoft IIS. Testing

As a user with admin privileges run the command:

python isapi_wsgi.py install

to create a simple ISAPI test extension in an IIS virtual directory called isapi-wsgi-test. This can be accessed from a webbrowser using the url:

http://localhost/isapi-wsgi-test/

If there are no errors and a simple web page is displayed, then the installation of isap_wsgi was successful.

To remove the test virtual directory, run the command:

python isapi_wsgi.py remove