def initiate_shutdown(self):
        """A horrible, horrible way to kill the server for Python 2.6 and
        later.  It's the best we can do.
        """
        # Windows does not provide SIGKILL, go with SIGTERM then.
        sig = getattr(signal, "SIGKILL", signal.SIGTERM)
        # reloader active
        if is_running_from_reloader():
            os.kill(os.getpid(), sig)
        # python 2.7
        self.server._BaseServer__shutdown_request = True
        # python 2.6
        self.server._BaseServer__serving = False