Apache is ignoring DirectoryIndex set via apache_global_vhost_settings in vhosts.conf

[websafe]

Hello,

I've noticed that on Debian 11 Apache is ignoring the first line in vhosts.conf:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

and

DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm

from /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf takes precedence.

So when a directory contains index.html and index.php the index.html is being served every time, despite having DirectoryIndex index.php index.html in vhosts.conf.

When I move the DirectoryIndex index.php index.html in vhosts.conf into <VirtualHost *:80>...</VirtualHost> or <VirtualHost *:443>...</VirtualHost> everything behaves as expected.

Or maybe I'm doing something wrong?

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[JonasPammer]

According to the official documentation this is expected behaviour:

Multiple DirectoryIndex directives within the same context will add to the list of resources to look for rather than replace

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