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

This has bitten me more than once; sometimes I would enable with sudo - sometimes I would not.

Ubuntu 14.04 seems to display the same message either way. When moving at 100 miles an hour, sometimes you miss a sudo or two.

The symptom of the new website defaulting back to wrong directory has been my only clue the the enabling never happened. I'd say it's a bug.

It should at least warn when a command isn't executed!!!