Question

HTML server side includes not working with WAMP5 - what do I need to change?

Asked by: herseem

I have installed WAMP5 as a way of testing code before putting it live. I have just converted a website from Frontpage includes to using SSI and it now works (www.heallondon.org). I want to get WAMP working on my PC so I can test the conversion of a much larger website before I put it live, but I can't seem to get SSI working on WAMP. From following various instructions I've uncommented the lines:
    AddType text/html .shtml
    AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
but the instructions about where to put 'Include' in the options section are confusing. I have loaded all the same pages in c:\wamp\www\heallondon.org\  that work on the live website and without the 'Options include' it will display the webpage but completely ignores the 'includes' - but with the 'Options include' in various places it just doesn't seem to work at all. I've attached my current httpd.conf file - can anyone please tell me exactly where to make the changes? Thanks.

#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/> for detailed information.
# In particular, see 
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.  
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "logs/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2" will be interpreted by the
# server as "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/logs/foo.log".
#
# NOTE: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes (e.g., "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache").
# If a drive letter is omitted, the drive on which Apache.exe is located
# will be used by default.  It is recommended that you always supply
# an explicit drive letter in absolute paths, however, to avoid
# confusion.
#
 
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in the server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum  number of requests a server process serves
ThreadsPerChild 250
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
 
#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk.  If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "c:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.2.6"
 
#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to 
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses (0.0.0.0)
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80
 
#
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
#LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
#LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
#LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
#LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
#LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
#LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
#LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
#LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
#LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule imagemap_module modules/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
#LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
#LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
#LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
#LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
#LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
#LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
#LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
#LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule php5_module "c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.2.5/php5apache2_2.dll"
 
# 'Main' server configuration
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#
 
#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
 
#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
ServerName localhost:80
 
#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/"
 
#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories). 
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of 
# features.  
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Satisfy all
</Directory>
 
#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#
 
#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">
 
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
 
    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride all
 
    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
#   onlineoffline tag - don't remove
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all
 
</Directory>
 
#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.html index.htm index.shtml
</IfModule>
 
#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 
# viewed by Web clients. 
#
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
 
#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog "c:/wamp/logs/apache_error.log"
 
#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn
 
<IfModule log_config_module>
    #
    # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
    # a CustomLog directive (see below).
    #
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
 
    <IfModule logio_module>
      # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
    </IfModule>
 
    #
    # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
    # If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
    # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
    # define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
    # logged therein and *not* in this file.
    #
    CustomLog "c:/wamp/logs/access.log" common
 
    #
    # If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
    # (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
    #
    #CustomLog logs/access.log combined
</IfModule>
 
<IfModule alias_module>
    #
    # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to 
    # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client 
    # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
    # Example:
    # Redirect permanent /foo http://localhost/bar
 
    #
    # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
    # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
    # Example:
    # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
    #
    # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
    # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
    # need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
    # the filesystem path.
 
    #
    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. 
    # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
    # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
    # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
    # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
    # directives as to Alias.
    #
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "cgi-bin/"
 
</IfModule>
 
#
# "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
 
# 
# Apache parses all CGI scripts for the shebang line by default.
# This comment line, the first line of the script, consists of the symbols
# pound (#) and exclamation (!) followed by the path of the program that 
# can execute this specific script.  For a perl script, with perl.exe in
# the C:\Program Files\Perl directory, the shebang line should be:
 
   #!c:/program files/perl/perl
 
# Note you _must_not_ indent the actual shebang line, and it must be the
# first line of the file.  Of course, CGI processing must be enabled by 
# the appropriate ScriptAlias or Options ExecCGI directives for the files 
# or directory in question.
#
# However, Apache on Windows allows either the Unix behavior above, or can
# use the Registry to match files by extention.  The command to execute 
# a file of this type is retrieved from the registry by the same method as 
# the Windows Explorer would use to handle double-clicking on a file.
# These script actions can be configured from the Windows Explorer View menu, 
# 'Folder Options', and reviewing the 'File Types' tab.  Clicking the Edit
# button allows you to modify the Actions, of which Apache 1.3 attempts to
# perform the 'Open' Action, and failing that it will try the shebang line.
# This behavior is subject to change in Apache release 2.0.
#
# Each mechanism has it's own specific security weaknesses, from the means
# to run a program you didn't intend the website owner to invoke, and the
# best method is a matter of great debate.
#
# To enable the this Windows specific behavior (and therefore -disable- the
# equivilant Unix behavior), uncomment the following directive:
#
#ScriptInterpreterSource registry
#
# The directive above can be placed in individual <Directory> blocks or the
# .htaccess file, with either the 'registry' (Windows behavior) or 'script' 
# (Unix behavior) option, and will override this server default option.
#
 
#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain
 
<IfModule mime_module>
    #
    # TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
    # filename extension to MIME-type.
    #
    TypesConfig conf/mime.types
 
    #
    # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
    # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
    #
    #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
    #
    # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
    # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
    #
    #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
    #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
    #
    # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
    # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
    #
    AddType application/x-compress .Z
    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
 
    #
    # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
    # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
    # or added with the Action directive (see below)
    #
    # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
    # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
 
    # For type maps (negotiated resources):
    #AddHandler type-map var
 
    #
    # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
    #
    # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
    # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    AddType text/html .shtml
    AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>
 
#
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type.  The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#
#MIMEMagicFile conf/magic
 
#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://localhost/subscription_info.html
#
 
#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it, 
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files.  This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted 
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off
 
# Supplemental configuration
#
# The configuration files in the conf/extra/ directory can be 
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of 
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as 
# necessary.
 
# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
 
# Multi-language error messages
#Include conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
 
# Fancy directory listings
Include conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
 
# Language settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf
 
# User home directories
#Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
 
# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include conf/extra/httpd-info.conf
 
# Virtual hosts
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
 
# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
#Include conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf
 
# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf
 
# Various default settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-default.conf
 
# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
#
# Note: The following must must be present to support
#       starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
#       but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
#
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>
 
Include "c:/wamp/alias/*"

                                  
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Asked On
2008-03-17 at 04:43:31ID23246660
Tags

Apache

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Apache, WAMP

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HTML, SSI, Apache

Topics

Server Side Includes (SSI)

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Apache Web Server

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by: giltjrPosted on 2008-03-17 at 17:17:54ID: 21147548

The "Include" option of the "Options" directive needs to be put on the directory definition for where your html/shtml documents go.

In your case it looks like it should be in the "<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">" stanza.

However I need to look at your config file some more.  I am not sure how you plan for "http://www.heallondon.org" to get served from from
c:\wamp\www\heallondon.org\  as you don't seem to have this directory defined.

Is this going to be the only site on this server, or do you plan to host multiple sites using virtual hosting?

 

by: herseemPosted on 2008-03-17 at 18:02:47ID: 21147699

Thanks for your assistance.

http://www.heallondon.org is hosted elsewhere and now I know the SHTML works because it works live. Mainly I had wanted to test it on WAMP first before I put it live, expecting some problems that would need sorting out with the HTML code and the program I've written to do the conversion. In the end I couldn't test it first obviously, but unexpectdly, when I put it live it worked first time! But knowing that those pages now work, I wanted to make sure WAMP works with the same SHTML pages from heallondon so that when I have converted the big website I'm converting from Frontpage, I'll be able to make sure that works properly before we put it live. So I will have multiple sites, temporarily at least, although they will only be for local use, for testing purposes.

In the instructions that come with WAMP it seems to me to be saying that to create a domain under 'localhost', all you need to do is to create the directly name under c:\wamp\www\, and it will act as if it is a domain name, which is what I did. If I start WAMP and go to the local host page, it loads up the default WAMP page and shows heallondon.org as a local domain (which is only intended for local use), which suggests to me I did it correctly.

This is my first attempt at configuring a server in any form, and from reading various bits of instructions I was under the impression that if you set various options at one leve, unless you specifically rescind them or give alternative options specific to a lower-level directory, then options specified at one level will automatically apply to all the directories below that. Is that not so?

I tried changing the code to include 'include' under "c:/wamp/www/" and it wouldn't load any page. One piece of documentation I read said you shouldn't mix '+' options with non-plus options. So I'm not quite sure what to do now.

I've attached that bit of the httpd.conf file to show you.


#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">
 
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Include
 
    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride all
 
    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
#   onlineoffline tag - don't remove
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all
 
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by: giltjrPosted on 2008-03-17 at 18:23:32ID: 21147763

--> If I start WAMP and go to the local host page, it loads up the default WAMP page and shows heallondon.org as a local domain (which is only intended for local use), which suggests to me I did it correctly.

I am not sure what you mean by this.  Are you saying that if you enter http://localhost that you get the default page that is in the "c:\wamp\www\heallondon.org" directory?

I would suggest doing one of the following:

Changing your default directory to c:/wamp/www/heallondon.org or create a .htaccess file with Options Include in it and placing it in the c:\wamp\www\heallondon.org directory.

 

by: ahoffmannPosted on 2008-03-18 at 00:39:58ID: 21148974

please post one of your <!-- include ... --> directives in the .shtml file

 

by: herseemPosted on 2008-03-18 at 02:31:40ID: 21149372

Problem solved! It now works.

I had made a couple of minor errors, that were enough to stop it not working and also mislead me, and I think it's worth mentioning what I finally did to make it work.

If you look closely at the smaller sample of httpd.conf where I posted the 'options' directive previously, you'll see the word 'Include' but not 'Includes'. This was causing several things:

1) the 'meter' icon in the system tray to not go fully to the right, but stay at around 2 o'clock position with some yellow behind it. I realise now that was a warning, a clue that it found something it didn't like.

2) It would not load any pages at all

One of the measures I'd take to test this was to rename a copy of the index.shtml to index.html, to see if it would at least load a 'normal' index page without the .shtml suffix. I had forgotten to delete this.

As a consequence, when I corrected the options directive, started WAMP and selected 'localhost' (which then displays the WAMPserver configuration page), and then selected 'heallondon.org' under 'my projects', it went to http://localhost/heallondon.org/ but did not display any file name. I had assumed it was selecting index.shtml but it was selecting the index.html instead of the index.shtml and ignoring the SSI directives. Thus it looked as though it was still not working when it was.

Following giltjr's suggestion about .htaccess file I read the official apache tutorial on them (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html) and that was pretty unequivocal that you should not use them unless absolutely necessary, such as if you don't have access to the main httpd.conf file. But it was revisiting the SSI tutorial section leading from that that helped me spot my 'include' error. In the end, simply not setting the 'includes' option correctly in the c:/wamp/www/ directives section of the main httpd.conf was the only thing I didn't have quite right.

Thanks for your help, because if I hadn't been going through the process of following through on your questions and suggestions I may not have spotted the errors for ages.

 

by: herseemPosted on 2008-03-18 at 02:41:38ID: 21149416

I think an important lesson here is to go back and REALLY CAREFULLY re-check the basics when you find you are going round in circles.

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