Dynamic SSI¶

Create "dynamic" content without a web framework using Server Side Includes.

Configuration¶

http {
    include mime.types;
    default_type application/octet-stream;

    sendfile on;
    tcp_nopush on;
    keepalive_timeout 10;
    gzip on;

    server {
        server_name localhost;
        charset utf-8;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
        root /var/www;

        location = / {
            rewrite ^ /home redirect;
        }

        location / {
            ssi on;
            set $inc $request_uri;

            if (!-f $request_filename) {
                rewrite ^ /index.html last;
            }

            if (!-f $document_root$inc.html) {
                return 404;
            }
        }
    }
}

Template (index.html)¶

<html>
<body>
    <!--# include file="$inc.html" -->
</body>
</html>

How It Works¶

Request to /home → includes home.html into index.html
Request to /about → includes about.html into index.html
Common headers/footers stay in index.html

Note

This assumes home.html exists as the default page.