[solved] localhost server side includes (SSI)

[harritapio]

hello
I have not succeeded to activate apache2.4 "server side includes" on my localhost. I have debian jessie (stable) installation and the web server is running ok, but with SSI services nothing happens.

Any advice is welcome!

regards: Harri

[ralph.ronnquist]

Gratuitously: Google's first suggestion is http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/ssi.html

Been there? Done that?

[harritapio]

Yes, I have been there and done the modifications. Unfortunately SSI does not give any response!

[dilberts_left_nut]

Maybe you should explain what you are trying, what you expect to happen and what actually happens - in detail.

[ralph.ronnquist]

+lots @dilberts_left_nut

Which particular nothing is it that doesn't happens? Perhaps it is that you do have a page named example.shtml that contains an SSI comment for today's date, and when you access that page you see all else, but that comment is not replaced by today's date?

And you have already followed up on that which "Chas" wrote 83 days ago, to make sure it doesn't apply for you?

[harritapio]

Ok, I will try to explain more.

I'm testing new web pages on my local computer (debian jessie stable) before loading them to the server. Localhost is working correctly, and as a matter of fact I can test all pages already now. With SSI I thought to include e.g. standard header/footer to the pages

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<!--#include virtual="file.shtml" -->

I can manage the task without SSI but if I can make it work, it's an interesting option to add some basic functionality to web pages.

When I add this sentence

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<!--#include virtual="file.shtml" -->

into an html page and open it in web browser, the page opens correct but nothing from SSI is included. When I check the "page source" from opened web page I can see the included SSI sentence there but for some reason SSI is not activated. I have checked also apache error log - nothing relevant there.

I have tested the functionality as a normal user and as a root - it makes no difference.

Thank you for your replies!

[ralph.ronnquist]

Again; first google hit for "SSI include virtual"
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/webma ... ommand.htm says:

You would use the virtual argument if the file you are calling for is located in a position requiring an address starting at the server root. That's an academic way of saying the file isn't in the same directory as the page that's calling for it.

A relative file name might be interpreted relative to the current working directory of the server? To quote further:

Rule of Thumb
Use "file=" when the included file is within the same directory as the page that wants it. Use "virtual=" when it isn't.

.. or maybe your problem is something else?

[harritapio]

Good news, I got it working on server!

I used the info you told on previous message and the response from server is ok. I must use .shtml files for SSI but that's ok.

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<!--#include virtual

was false

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<!--#include

is the way to go.

Thank you for your advice!