INSTALLING ON Mac OSX

Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.dmg file and
running the installer.

INSTALLING ON WINDOWS

Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.msi file and
running the installer.

INSTALLING ON LINUX AND OTHER PLATFORMS

Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
Download the SDK zip file from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
Unpack the zip file.

RUNNING THE SDK

You can run the SDK with the following command:

dev_appserver.py [options]

Application root must be the path to the application to run in this server. Must contain a valid app.yaml or app.yml file.

Options: --help, -h View this helpful message. --debug, -d Use debug logging. (Default false) --clear_datastore, -c Clear the Datastore on startup. (Default false) --address=ADDRESS, -a ADDRESS Address to which this server should bind. (Default localhost). --port=PORT, -p PORT Port for the server to run on. (Default 8080) --datastore_path=PATH Path to use for storing Datastore file stub data. (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore) --history_path=PATH Path to use for storing Datastore history. (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore.history) --require_indexes Disallows queries that require composite indexes not defined in index.yaml. --smtp_host=HOSTNAME SMTP host to send test mail to. Leaving this unset will disable SMTP mail sending. (Default '') --smtp_port=PORT SMTP port to send test mail to. (Default 25) --smtp_user=USER SMTP user to connect as. Stub will only attempt to login if this field is non-empty. (Default ''). --smtp_password=PASSWORD Password for SMTP server. (Default '') --enable_sendmail Enable sendmail when SMTP not configured. (Default false) --auth_domain Authorization domain that this app runs in. (Default gmail.com) --debug_imports Enables debug logging for module imports, showing search paths used for finding modules and any errors encountered during the import process.