VirtualHost always returns default host with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

Question

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 t

Answer 1

it has been driving me nuts too, I have cheked my .conf files over and over again all was absolutely defined correctly. I ended up on this post tried the a2ensite and a2dissite commands as a sudoer, restarting apache, still landing on the default apache welcome page as if apache would have never disabled the default site or taken my new virtual host onboard.

It turns out I was trying to restart apache without using sudo...

service apache2 restart

use

sudo service apache2 restart