Configure Default Apache Index Page

This article explains how to setup a new installation of Apache with our default Research branded index page. Our index page uses server side includes to get the hostname of the machine so this must be configured.

This configuration is written for SuSE and Gentoo, with Apache >=apache-2.0.53.

Enable Includes in Default VHost

SuSE

/etc/apache2/default-server.conf

<Directory "/srv/www/htdocs">
   Options Includes
   DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html index.html.var
</Directory>

Gentoo

An unused setup should have DEFAULT_VHOST option set in: /etc/conf.d/apache2:

APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST"

/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/00_default_vhost.conf Make sure 'Options' has 'Includes'

<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs">
   Options Includes
   DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html
</Directory>

AddType

In /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf OR /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment:

AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

Copy Default Research Webpage

Change to your root web directory, /var/www/localhost/htdocs or /srv/www/htdocs

# cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs
# scp -p root@tirpitz:/home/projects/infrastructure/htdocs/share/index.shtml .

Restart Apache

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart