Deny access from the server's IP address and allow www.example.com using Apache configuration

Question

I have the following configuration in my apache2.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin webmaster@Host-Wordpress-01
   DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress_example
   Servername www.example.com
   ServerAlias example.com
 </VirtualHost>

All I want is to change it so it's not accessible by an IP address anymore (i.e., the server's IP address) and only by www.example.com

What would I change?

Answer 1

The solution would be the same as for Block a random domain pointing at my dedicated IP. I posted an answer there with configuration and a script.

Basically, you need to create a default virtual host entry to handle the IP address and any other random addresses. Then you can have your real site in a second virtual host directive that is specific to your site.