User manual PARALLELS HELM 4.1.2 PYTHON FOR MICROSOFT IIS 5 AND 6 MODULE GUIDE REV 1.0

[. . . ] 4 Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About Parallels Helm About This Guide Installing the Python Module Providing Python Support Making Python Available to Your Customers Enabling Python on a New Web Site Enabling Python on an Existing Web Site Enabling Python Support During Domain Creation 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CHAPTER 1 Preface In this chapter: Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Typographical Conventions Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it. [. . . ] Run the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on your server. Click the Installed Modules button, and you will see all of the available modules for Parallels Helm. Find the Python module in the list and check the box, and then click the Install/Uninstall Modules button to install it. CHAPTER 5 Providing Python Support The Python Support module is a module that allows you to host sites which can support Python through IIS (sites that can use extensions such as . py). To use Python you must first download and install it from the official Python site: http://www. python. org/download/. The most common (and easiest) installation will be the Windows Installer file. Once done, you can continue to set up Python in Parallels Helm. To configure the Python settings in Parallels Helm: 1. Go to the IIS service you have set up: Home > Helm System > Servers > [Your Server] > Services > [Your IIS 5/6 Web Service] 2. Scroll down and you will see the Python Extension details: Python. exe Path. This is the path to the Python executable file on the server, which IIS uses to run Python. By default, it points to C:\python24\python. exe but this field can be altered if you have installed it in a different location. Here you can specify the extensions that will be added to a website's IIS configuration when Python is enabled in the Scripting Support section of the Domain menu in Parallels Helm. CHAPTER 6 Making Python Available to Your Customers If you would like to offer Python to your resellers and/or end-users, you will need to increase the amount of installations available in their plans and packages. In Parallels Helm, go to Home > My Plans > [plan] > Resource Limits. When you first set up Python in a plan (the Python Installations field under the Web section of a Plan), the amount is set to 0 by default (unlimited). You need to change the limit amount to whatever you require. Click Save to apply changes. CHAPTER 7 Enabling Python on a New Web Site Now that you have configured Python support in Parallels Helm, you can start enabling it on your domains. To enable Python on a new Web site: 1. Log into your domain in Parallels Helm: Home > My Domains > [domain], or Home > My Customers > [Customer] > Domains > [domain] (or a similar location if you have resellers, and customers underneath them) and you will be presented with the Domain menu (this screen will differ depending on what services are installed on your domain): 2. Click the Scripting Support icon and you will be taken to the Scripting Support page. Scroll down until you get to the Python Scripting Support options. Check the Python Enabled box to Python support on the domain. Once done, it will add Python extensions to the domain in IIS, based on the extensions you specified in the IIS Service earlier in this guide. [. . . ] Go to Home > My Plan Templates > [Template] and scroll down to the Provisioning Methods section. Click Add and give the provisioning method a friendly name (for example, Enable Python). Select (Web Extension) Set Python Status from the Available Methods drop down box. A new parameter will become available ­ the Python installed checkbox. [. . . ]