Apache2 virtual host not updating correctly - apache

Question

I have the following as my default virtual host in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/customers/webs/speed
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/customers/webs/speed>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
The idea is that it would read the index.html from /var/customers/webs/speed, however, it's still reading the default index.html in /var/www
I have restarted apache and even the server itself, but it just don't seem to want to update.

Answer 1

You must edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default to change default page

Answer 2

If you access http://localhost Apache will load the index.html from Document Root defined in httpd.conf.
If you would like to load Document Root of Virtual Host, try below -
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName virtualhost.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/customers/webs/speed
<Directory /var/customers/webs/speed>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Go to your Host file and add a new entry 127.0.0.1 virtualhost.com
Apache should now understand which document root to load when you access http://localhost and http://virtualhost.com.
The above code would get you started and then you can add your customization accordingly .
Hope that help!