Editing Running a Django Application on IIS (section)

=== Configure the FastCGI application on IIS ===

The next step is to configure the FastCGI Application on IIS. FastCGI is available whenever you have installed the CGI feature on your IIS installation. Run the server manager and go to the IIS role and configuration. Select your website. You should see a FastCGI Settings icon:

[[File:Fastcgi settings.png]]


Double click on it and select the ''Add application'' action. Enter the following parameters:


[[File:Fcgi_configuration.png]]

*In `Full Path`, enter the path to your python executable.
*In `Arguments`, enter the command line for running our fcgi command, i.e.<br />`d:\sites\esplayer\esplayer\manage.py fcgi --pythonpath=d:\sites\esplayer --settings=esplayer.settings`<br /> The `pythonpath` and `settings` arguments are needed to be path independent (more on this later).


The other arguments are optional but you should review them to enter sensible values. The `Monitor changes to file` setting is particularly interesting. It will allow you to specify the path of a file that will trigger a restart of the application whenever it is modified. You can enter the path to the `settings.py` of your project. I personally prefer to specify a file that I explicitely update via a `touch` command.