Apache default VirtualHost

Question

How can I set a default VirtualHost in Apache?

Preferably, I want the default host not to be the same as the IP address host. Now I have something like this:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /someOtherDir/
    ServerAlias ip.of.the.server
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /someroot/
    ServerAlias domain.com *.domain.com
</VirtualHost *>

If a domain is forwarded to my server, but isn't in this vhost.conf file, the files from /someOtherDir/ are loaded, as expected. But I want to be able to use a different root for the IP address itself and domains which aren't added to the vhost.conf file (yet). Is this possible?

Answer 1

I found the answer: I remembered that Apache uses the first block if no other matching block is found, so I've added a block without a serveralias at the top of the blocks:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot /defaultdir/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /someOtherDir/
    ServerAlias ip.of.the.server
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /someroot/
    ServerAlias domain.com *.domain.com
</VirtualHost>