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VirtualHost always returns default host with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

I try to setup a virtual host besides the default localhost. Whenever I try to call my virtual host http://test I get the default Apache2 Index file that sits in the directory of http://localhost. Furthermore apache returns this page still after disabling (a2dissite) both VirtualHost files an reloading apache (service apache2 reload).

What could go wrong that the virtual host is not working?

Configuration:

My directory structure is the following:

/var/www/html                  # Default localhost dir
/var/www/html7index.html       # Apache2 default index

/var/www/test                  # HTML dir for the virtual host
/var/www/test/index.html       # My "website"

Content of /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       Laptop
127.0.0.1       test

Directory content of /etc/apache2/sites-available:

000-default.conf
default-ssl.conf
test.conf

File 000-default.conf:

<VirtualHost localhost:80>
        ServerName localhost
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

File test.conf:

<VirtualHost test:80>
        ServerAdmin test@localhost
        ServerName test
        NameVirtualHost test
        ServerAlias test
        DocumentRoot /var/www/test
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Solution

  • tl;dr: Call it with sudo: sudo service apache2 reload

    Looks like the behaviour of service apache2 reload fooled me. See the following log:

    user@Laptop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ sudo a2ensite test.conf 
Enabling site test.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload
user@Laptop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ service apache2 reload
 * Reloading web server apache2                                                  * 
user@Laptop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$

    Try to reach http://test: NOT working

    user@Laptop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ sudo service apache2 reload
 * Reloading web server apache2                                                  * 
user@Laptop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$

    Try to reach http://test: WORKING

    So, find the difference! The point is that I thought it would've reloaded correctly in the first place. There are no entries in the log files either. Calling it with sudo helped. Is this a bug?