Apache default VirtualHost

Question

how can I set a default VirtualHost in apache? Preferably, I want the default host not to be the same as the ip address host. Now I have something like this:

Answer 1

If you are using Debian style virtual host configuration (sites-available/sites-enabled), one way to set a Default VirtualHost is to include the specific configuration file first in httpd.conf or apache.conf (or what ever is your main configuration file).

# To set default VirtualHost, include it before anything else.
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/my.site.com.conf

# Load config files in the "/etc/httpd/conf.d" directory, if any.
IncludeOptional conf.d/*.conf

# Load virtual host config files from "/etc/httpd/sites-enabled/".
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf

Answer 2

The solution is:

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

(...)

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName host1
        DocumentRoot /someDir
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName host2
        DocumentRoot /someOtherDir
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName aaaa.com
        DocumentRoot /defaultDir
</VirtualHost>

In my case, to work, I created a VirtualHost (n.e. VirtualHost per CNAME) called aaaa.com since I have different files for different VirtualHost and knowing that apache2 (n.a. Apache HTTP Server) reads them in alphabetical order.

Answer 3

NameVirtualHost option would be a good option.