Configuring Apache2 to use Server Side Includes

HellesAngel · 09-14-2007, 01:54 AM

Hi all,

After much hacking around Apache2 still flatly refuses to do anything with my attempts at SSI, and I have no idea what's wrong. I'm running SuSE Linux 10, and Apache reports its version as Apache/2.0.54.

In /etc/apache2/httpd.conf I have added:

Quote:

Options +Includes

<Directory />
Options +Includes
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</Directory>

AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

# And this for good measure too
XBitHack on

I know this ideally shouldn't be here but I'm trying to remove possibilities for error...

Having read the documentation here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/ssi.html
And here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_include.html

The (S)HTML files I'm using have been copied from here: http://learning-html.com/server-side-includes.html

After each change to the Apache server I'm restarting it with
apache2ctl -k restart

But the error log shows:
[Fri Sep 14 08:37:05 2007] [notice] SIGHUP received. Attempting to restart
[Fri Sep 14 08:37:06 2007] [notice] Apache/2.0.54 (Linux/SUSE) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Sep 14 08:37:12 2007] [warn] [client 192.168.0.5] mod_include: Options +Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed

I'm starting to go nuts. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks in advance for any tips.

xaos5 · 09-14-2007, 02:01 AM

a google search on the error shows this taken from http://gentoo-wiki.com/Apache2_Install:

Code:

 SSI Not Working

When configuring for SSI (Server Side Includes), an error may occur:

mod_include: Options +Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed

The problem is that setting Options +Includes in either .htaccess or httpd.conf is overwritten by the additional configuration file as defined at the end of httpd.conf.

Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf

You need to edit this additional configuration file such that

AllowOverride None

Is replaced by

AllowOverride Options