Apache SSL vhost won't use DocumentRoot but rather uses server webroot - apache

Question

I have an apache config using a DV wildcard cert. The ssl.conf is configured to use the certificate for all server traffic.
My vhost conf file has two virtual hosts defined there. A production vhost and a dev vhost. The conf file contents are;
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/vhosts/prod_example_com/
<Directory "/var/www/html/vhosts/prod_example_com">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/www.example.com-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/www.example.com-access_log" common
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/comodo/STAR_example_com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/csr/www_example_com.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/comodo/SectigoRSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName dev.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/vhosts/dev_example_com"
<Directory "/var/www/html/vhosts/dev_example_com">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/dev.example.com-error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/dev.example.com-access_log" common
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/comodo/STAR_example_com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/csr/www_example_com.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/comodo/SectigoRSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt
</VirtualHost>
So, when I go to https://dev.example.com, it works great. However, when I try to go to https://www.example.com, it instead goes to the Apache server webroot of /var/www/html.
Have I overlooked something?
Thanks in advance to any help offered?

Answer 1

I seemed to have found the issue. In my particular instance, the vhost.conf VirtualHost tags were change both to *:443, but what got everything back on track was commenting out ServerName www.example.com:443 from my httpd.conf and restarting Apache. I hope this helps someone else that may be suffering from this same issue.