Apache: why always showing files from the same virtual host?

Question

I have set up 2 virtual hosts, sharing the same IP address:

<VirtualHost *>
        DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/website1.com/httpdocs"
        ServerName www.website1.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
        DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/website2.com/httpdocs"
        ServerName www.website2.com
</VirtualHost>

If I type www.website2.com, the files shown are always by www.website1.com

I am correctly restarting Apache after each change.

I can't understand why this is happening.

Why do you say you are "correctly restarting Apache"? Exactly how are you doing that? Why do you believe it is correct? — Michael Hampton, Sep 14 '18 at 18:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 19:01

I found the solution:

The VirtualHost directive should match the NameVirtualHost value.

In my case, I am just setting up a simple http, so it's *:80

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/website1.com/httpdocs"
        ServerName www.website1.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/var/www/vhosts/website2.com/httpdocs"
        ServerName www.website2.com
</VirtualHost>

Apache: why always showing files from the same virtual host?

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