I have multiple virtual host setup within Apache, each of which are named virtual. They are all working fine, but if I type only the IP address into the browser, it looks like the server returns the first virtual host listed.

How can I control the default site directory if only IP is entered? I'd like the default page within /var/www/html to open. This is a CentOS 5.3 installation.

Some settings I have are like this:

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

<Directory "/var/www/html">
.... options .....
</Directory>

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@emailaddress.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/website1
ServerName www.website1.com
ServerAlias website1.com
ErrorLog logs/website1-error.log
CustomLog logs/website1-access.log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@emailaddress.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/website2
ServerName www.website2.com
ServerAlias website2.com
ErrorLog logs/website2-error.log
CustomLog logs/website2-access.log common
</VirtualHost>

Perhaps look at Using _default_ vhosts

Thanks for pointing that out. I should have found it earlier, but for some reason, I missed it.

Bzzt! Wrong!

You're not using per-IP VirtualHosts. _default_ would work then, yes.

You're using NameVirtualHosts.

And in these, the first entry for the IP in question (or the *:80 wildcard, of course) is the one that's used if no ServerName or ServerAlias names equal the Host: header.

TL;DR: With NameVirtualHosts, first <VirtualHost> entry is default entry.