shopdb-flask/deploy/windows/web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  IIS site config for shopdb-flask via HttpPlatformHandler.

  IIS launches waitress (a Windows-friendly WSGI server; gunicorn does NOT run
  on Windows) and forwards requests to it on a private loopback port that IIS
  assigns via %HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT%. One process serves both /api and the built
  Vue SPA (frontend/dist), so no separate static site is needed.

  Prerequisites on the box:
    - HttpPlatformHandler IIS module installed
      (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/httpplatformhandler)
    - URL Rewrite module installed (only for the optional X-Forwarded-For rule)
    - Python 3.14 + a venv at APP_ROOT\venv with requirements.txt + waitress
    - Secrets live in APP_ROOT\.env (wsgi.py load_dotenv() reads it). Keep them
      OUT of this file. Lock .env ACLs to the app pool identity + admins.

  Replace APP_ROOT (C:\shopdb-flask below) with the real deploy path. The IIS
  site's physical path MUST be APP_ROOT (where wsgi.py lives).
-->
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>

    <handlers>
      <add name="httpplatformhandler" path="*" verb="*"
           modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
    </handlers>

    <httpPlatform
        processPath="C:\shopdb-flask\venv\Scripts\waitress-serve.exe"
        arguments="--port=%HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT% --host=127.0.0.1 --threads=8 --trusted-proxy=127.0.0.1 --trusted-proxy-headers=x-forwarded-for wsgi:app"
        stdoutLogEnabled="true"
        stdoutLogFile="C:\shopdb-flask\logs\httpplatform"
        startupTimeLimit="120"
        startupRetryCount="3">
      <environmentVariables>
        <!-- FLASK_ENV MUST be production here or wsgi.py defaults to the dev
             config (SQL echo, debug, wrong DB URL). Real secrets go in .env. -->
        <environmentVariable name="FLASK_ENV" value="production" />
        <environmentVariable name="PYTHONPATH" value="C:\shopdb-flask" />
        <!-- Subpath method only: when this web.config sits in an IIS
             Application (e.g. /ops) under an existing site instead of its own
             site, tell the app its mount path. Must match the alias the
             Application was created with AND the VITE_BASE_PATH the frontend
             was built with ('/ops/'). Omit for the own-site method.
        <environmentVariable name="MOUNT_PATH" value="/ops" />
        -->
      </environmentVariables>
    </httpPlatform>

    <!--
      OPTIONAL: forward the real client IP so audit logs and the kiosk
      visitor-location feature (IP -> business unit) see the caller, not the
      loopback that HttpPlatformHandler connects from.

      This block is COMMENTED OUT by default because it needs the URL Rewrite
      module; with it uncommented but URL Rewrite not installed, IIS returns
      HTTP 500.19 ("configuration section not well-formed / cannot be read").
      Install URL Rewrite (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite)
      and then uncomment the <rewrite> block below to enable it.

    <rewrite>
      <allowedServerVariables>
        <add name="HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" />
      </allowedServerVariables>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Set X-Forwarded-For" stopProcessing="false">
          <match url=".*" />
          <serverVariables>
            <set name="HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" value="{REMOTE_ADDR}" />
          </serverVariables>
          <action type="None" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
    -->

  </system.webServer>

  <!--
    Installer downloads: serve /installers/* as IIS static files instead of
    forwarding them to Flask. The handler above is path="*", so without this a
    request for /installers/Foo.exe goes to waitress, which has no such route
    (SPA fallback), and large binaries would stream through a Python thread.

    This <location> clears the httpPlatformHandler for that one subpath and puts
    the static file handler back, so IIS serves the bytes directly (kernel-mode,
    range/resume, no Python thread held).

    Requires a physical folder at APP_ROOT\installers (the site's physical path
    is APP_ROOT). Drop the installer binaries there, e.g. robocopy them from the
    classic wwwroot\installers. The stored installpath 'installers/Foo.exe' then
    resolves to <mount>/installers/Foo.exe (e.g. /shopdb/installers/Foo.exe).

    .exe/.msi are given an explicit MIME map; if the parent site has a Request
    Filtering rule that denies executable extensions, also allow them there.
  -->
  <location path="installers">
    <system.webServer>
      <handlers>
        <clear />
        <add name="StaticFile" path="*" verb="*"
             modules="StaticFileModule" resourceType="File"
             requireAccess="Read" />
      </handlers>
      <staticContent>
        <remove fileExtension=".exe" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".exe" mimeType="application/octet-stream" />
        <remove fileExtension=".msi" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".msi" mimeType="application/octet-stream" />
      </staticContent>
    </system.webServer>
  </location>
</configuration>