Apache2 index.php not loading by default

Hi folks, i’m new in opensuse. I made a project in /srv/www/htdocs/jsphp/ that contains the index.php
I created a virtual host named jsphp.local and it seems to be working fine since I can load jsphp.local/index.php , but when I load jsphp.local it load the index.html from htdocs directory (/srv/www/htdocs/index.html) instead the index.php from jsphp.
I tried adding DirectoryIndex index.php in the httpd configuration file but it doesn’t work

Here is my httpd.conf

#
### Global Environment ######################################################
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests.

# run under this user/group id
Include /etc/apache2/uid.conf

# - how many server processes to start (server pool regulation)
# - usage of KeepAlive
Include /etc/apache2/server-tuning.conf

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error_log

# generated from default value of APACHE_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
<IfDefine !SYSCONFIG>
  Include /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf
</IfDefine>

# IP addresses / ports to listen on
Include /etc/apache2/listen.conf

# predefined logging formats
Include /etc/apache2/mod_log_config.conf

# generated from default values of global settings in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
<IfDefine !SYSCONFIG>
  Include /etc/apache2/global.conf
</IfDefine>

# optional mod_status, mod_info
Include /etc/apache2/mod_status.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_info.conf

# mod_reqtimeout protects the server from the so-called "slowloris"
# attack: The server is not swamped with requests in fast succession,
# but with slowly transmitted request headers and body, thereby filling up
# the request slots until the server runs out of them.
# mod_reqtimeout is lightweight and should deliver good results
# with the configured default values. You shouldn't notice it at all.
Include /etc/apache2/mod_reqtimeout.conf

# Fix for CVE-2014-0231 introduces new configuration parameter 
# CGIDScriptTimeout. This directive and its effect prevent request 
# workers to be eaten until starvation if cgi programs do not send 
# output back to the server within the timout set by CGIDScriptTimeout.
Include /etc/apache2/mod_cgid-timeout.conf

# optional cookie-based user tracking
# read the documentation before using it!!
Include /etc/apache2/mod_usertrack.conf

# configuration of server-generated directory listings
Include /etc/apache2/mod_autoindex-defaults.conf

# associate MIME types with filename extensions
TypesConfig /etc/apache2/mime.types
Include /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf

# set up (customizable) error responses
Include /etc/apache2/errors.conf

# global (server-wide) SSL configuration, that is not specific to 
# any virtual host
Include /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf

# forbid access to the entire filesystem by default
<Directory />
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
    <IfModule !mod_access_compat.c>
        Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_access_compat.c>
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
    </IfModule>
</Directory>
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/jsphp/>
    DirectoryIndex index.php
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
# use .htaccess files for overriding,
AccessFileName .htaccess
# and never show them
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    <IfModule !mod_access_compat.c>
        Require all denied
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_access_compat.c>
        Order allow,deny
        Deny from all
    </IfModule>
</Files>

# List of resources to look for when the client requests a directory
DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php

### 'Main' server configuration #############################################
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#
Include /etc/apache2/default-server.conf


### Virtual server configuration ############################################
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
IncludeOptional /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf


# Note: instead of adding your own configuration here, consider 
#       adding it in your own file (/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.local)
#       putting its name into APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES in 
#       /etc/sysconfig/apache2 -- this will make system updates 
#       easier :) 

Here is my vhosts/jsphp

#
# VirtualHost template
# Note: to use the template, rename it to /etc/apache2/vhost.d/yourvhost.conf. 
# Files must have the .conf suffix to be loaded.
#
# See /usr/share/doc/packages/apache2/README.QUICKSTART for further hints 
# about virtual hosts.
#
# NameVirtualHost statements can be added to /etc/apache2/listen.conf.
#
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName jsphp.local

    # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
    # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
    # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
    DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/jsphp/

    # if not specified, the global error log is used
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/jsphp-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/jsphp-access_log combined

    # don't loose time with IP address lookups
    HostnameLookups Off

    # needed for named virtual hosts
    UseCanonicalName Off

    # configures the footer on server-generated documents
    ServerSignature On


    # Optionally, include *.conf files from /etc/apache2/conf.d/
    #
    # For example, to allow execution of PHP scripts:
    #
    # Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/php5.conf
    #
    # or, to include all configuration snippets added by packages:
    # Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/*.conf


    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
    # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
    # documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and
    # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client.
    # The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as to
    # Alias.
    #
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/www/vhosts/dummy-host.example.com/cgi-bin/"

    # "/srv/www/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
    # CGI directory exists, if you have one, and where ScriptAlias points to.
    #
    <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/jsphp/">
    AllowOverride All
    Options +ExecCGI -Includes
        <IfModule !mod_access_compat.c>
              Require all granted
        </IfModule>
        <IfModule mod_access_compat.c>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </IfModule>
    </Directory>


    # UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
    # directory if a ~user request is received.
    #
    # To disable it, simply remove userdir from the list of modules in APACHE_MODULES
    # in /etc/sysconfig/apache2.
    #
    <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    # Note that the name of the user directory ("public_html") cannot simply be
    # changed here, since it is a compile time setting. The apache package
    # would have to be rebuilt. You could work around by deleting
    # /usr/sbin/suexec, but then all scripts from the directories would be
    # executed with the UID of the webserver.
    UserDir public_html
    # The actual configuration of the directory is in
    # /etc/apache2/mod_userdir.conf.
    Include /etc/apache2/mod_userdir.conf
    # You can, however, change the ~ if you find it awkward, by mapping e.g.
    # http://www.example.com/users/karl-heinz/ --> /home/karl-heinz/public_html/
    #AliasMatch ^/users/([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]*)/?(.*) /home/$1/public_html/$2
    </IfModule>


    #
    # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
    #
    <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/jsphp/">
    
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    
    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride All
    
    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    <IfModule !mod_access_compat.c>
        Require all granted
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_access_compat.c>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </IfModule>
    
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

And here is my etc/hosts

#
# hosts         This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
#               mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem.  It is mostly
#               used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
#               On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
#               "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#    
# IP-Address  Full-Qualified-Hostname  Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1    default.local
127.0.0.1    jsphp.local

# special IPv6 addresses
::1             localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0         ipv6-localnet

ff00::0         ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1         ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2         ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3         ipv6-allhosts

What else can I try? Thanks in advance! :slight_smile:

vhosts/jsphp?
It should be in /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/, and it should be named jsphp.conf.
The name doesn’t matter, but especially the .conf is important!

See the comment at the beginning of your file:

#
# VirtualHost template
# Note: to use the template, rename it to /etc/apache2/vhost.d/yourvhost.conf. 
# Files must have the .conf suffix to be loaded.

Could it be that this is the problem?

And just to be sure: I think you need to restart Apache (systemctl restart apache2) or reboot after you create the file.

Tanks Wolfi, that worked but I had to reboot the system after create the new file as you said. Thanks a lot!