I have several .shtml pages that I have moved from Apache2 on Windows to Apache2 on Debian that are not loading. I can visit the individual pages that are included on the index page and they load normally -- they just do get included. With Apache2 on Windows I configured SSI using the "httpd.conf" file just as in Apache1. On Debian it appears Apache is configured with the config "apache2.conf" instead of "httpd.conf" -- there is no apache2.conf on my Windows machine. Furthermore, it appears Apache2 is automatically configured to parse .shtml files. According to information found on the Apache2 documentation site to enable SSI I have to use the httpd.conf or .htaccess files: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/ssi.html "To permit SSI on your server, you must have the following directive either in your httpd.conf file, or in a .htaccess file: Options +Includes" Yet, according to the comments in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file this is only meant for backward compatibility: # This is here for backwards compatability reasons and to support And according to the Apache2 documentation you should never use .htaccess: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html "In general, you should never use .htaccess files unless you don't have access to the main server configuration file." So, what am I supposed to do? Should I edit the httpd.conf? Use .htaccess? I would like to configure this the recommended way but, the documentation appears to contradict itself. Thanks in advance, Joey
Do you get any errors? Yes, on Debian Sarge with Apache 2 it's apache2.conf instead of httpd.conf. Normally, you would edit apache2.conf. But I don't think you must change anything in apache2.conf - I've never had problems with SSI in the standard configuration on Debian. I think the problem is that you did not enable the include module. Please run this: Code: a2enmod include and restart Apche.
Did not work. Here is what I did: debian:/usr/sbin# a2enmod include Module include installed; run /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload to enable. debian:/usr/sbin# apache2ctl -k restart Here is what is in test.shtml: <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> THIS IS TEST.SHTML <HR>MENU:<br> <!-- #include file="menu.html" --> <HR>FILE 1:<br> <!-- #include virtual="/mrtg/file1.html" --> <HR>FILE 2:<br> <!-- #include virtual="http://221.21.21.4/mrtg/file2.html" --> this is the end </BODY> </HTML> The output is all the HTML including rules. Nothing in the html files appears. Thanks for your help! Joey
Do you have these lines in apache2.conf? Code: AddType text/html .shtml AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
Yes. Here are the lines from the config: Code: # To use server-parsed HTML files # <FilesMatch "\.shtml(\..+)?$"> SetOutputFilter INCLUDES </FilesMatch> AddType text/html .shtml AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml Here is an entry from the log that may help: Code: mod_include: Options +Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed Here are the only lines in the config that reference "IncludesNoExec": Code: <IfModule mod_negotiation.c> <IfModule mod_include.c> Alias /error/ "/usr/share/apache2/error/" <Directory "/usr/share/apache2/error"> AllowOverride None Options IncludesNoExec AddOutputFilter Includes html AddHandler type-map var Order allow,deny Allow from all LanguagePriority en es de fr ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback </Directory> ErrorDocument 400 /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var ErrorDocument 401 /error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var ErrorDocument 405 /error/HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html.var ErrorDocument 408 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html.var ErrorDocument 410 /error/HTTP_GONE.html.var ErrorDocument 411 /error/HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html.var ErrorDocument 412 /error/HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html.var ErrorDocument 413 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html.var ErrorDocument 414 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html.var ErrorDocument 415 /error/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html.var ErrorDocument 500 /error/HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html.var ErrorDocument 501 /error/HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html.var ErrorDocument 502 /error/HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html.var ErrorDocument 503 /error/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html.var ErrorDocument 506 /error/HTTP_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html.var </IfModule> </IfModule> DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml # UserDir is now a module #UserDir public_html #UserDir disabled root #<Directory /home/*/public_html> # AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit # Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec #</Directory> Thanks again, Joey
I got it working but, I don't know why. I had to add the following to the apache2.conf: Code: <Directory /var/www/*> Options +Includes AddType text/html .shtml AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml </Directory> Why didn't the following existing config work: Code: # To use server-parsed HTML files # <FilesMatch "\.shtml(\..+)?$"> SetOutputFilter INCLUDES </FilesMatch> AddType text/html .shtml AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml I appreciate your help anyway. Thanks! Joey
Fixed I know this might sound obvious but I missed it Make sure you use single quotes not double quotes eg: <!-- #include file="menu.html" --> = Wrong <!-- #include file='menu.html' --> = CORRECT Worked for me Nigel
