embedding python in HTML

[John Salerno]

bruno at modulix wrote:

> You've got to understand that Python is *not* a 'ServerPage' language
> (-> php, asp, jsp etc) in itself. Your server can now run python, fine,
> but *how* ? CGI ? FastCGI ? mod_python ? other ? (hint: it's probably
> just plain old CGI...)

So does that mean I need to have something further on the server? Or is 
this something I can do on my end? How do I find out what I need?