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How to set up [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/ssi.html Server Side Includes] on [:ApacheMySQLPHP:Apache], assuming you already have Apache installed.

Enable the Includes module

cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/include.load

This creates a SymbolicLink in mods-enabled of the config file in mods-available. See also RootSudo.

Editing config

Open the /sites-available/default file... 

gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

find this section... 

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
        # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
        # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
        # Commented out for Ubuntu
        #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</Directory>

and edit it to look like this: 

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
        # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
        # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
        # Commented out for Ubuntu
        #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
        AddType text/html .shtml
        AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</Directory>

You need to add +Includes to the end of the end of the Options, and two new lines after the commented-out lines.

Restart Apache2

sudo apache2ctl restart

Test it works

Create a SSI test file and save it under /var/www/ssi-test.shtml. 

<html>
<head>
<title>SSI Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->
</body>
</html>

In your WebBrowser, go to http://127.0.0.1/ssi-test.shtml.

If your browser displays the local date (eg Saturday, 06-Aug-2005 23:05:21 CEST), SSI is working!

Based on [http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/%7Ea9826090/en/projects/linux/ubuntu-apache2-ssi.html Rafael Gattringer's Ubuntu Apache2 SSI Installation guide], with permission.

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