apache not returning index.php as default

Question

I recently made a DigitalOcean droplet with LAMP pre-installed. Went and uploaded my website (including index.php) to /var/www

Apache just returns the It Works! page, I have to manually add /index.php to my url

Things I have tried:

1. Made an .htaccess file containing "DirectoryIndex index.php"
2. Adding DirectoryIndex index.php to apache2.conf
3. Set index.php first in dir.conf
4. Making an index.html, didn't show that either.

EDIT: here's my apache2.conf file: http://pastebin.com/BMgiNdiD

Answer 1

You are missing following configuration:

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm \
               default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html \
               default.htm home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm
</IfModule>