Apache 2.0: Cannot automatically server index.html

I am running 2.0.40 on Redhat 8.0 and I cannot get the server
display the index.html when I go to http://www.mydomain.com.
Instead, I get the
If I specify http://www.mydomain.com/index.html, then the page
is returned properly.

I first tried configuring Apache using the GUI tool and then I
tried editing the httpd.conf manually. I have read the 2.0
documentation in search of a directive that would enable
me to specify the default files the server should look
for in a directory, but I have not yet come across it

I am trying to serve name-based virtual hosts, with only one
defined so far:

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

#
# Virtual hosts
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain/
ServerAdmin webmaster RemoveThis @mydomain.com
ServerName www.mydomain.com
ServerAlias mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

Thanks,
Jerald

Jerald Josephs <jjosephs DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote:
 > Instead, I get the
 > If I specify <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mydomain.com/index.html," target="_blank">http://www.mydomain.com/index.html,</a> then the page

Check in the httpd.conf file if you have DirectoryIndex index.html
for your DocumentRoot directory.

 > <VirtualHost *:80>
 > DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain/
 > ServerAdmin webmaster DeleteThis @mydomain.com
<font color=purple> > ServerName <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mydomain.com</font" target="_blank">www.mydomain.com</font</a>>
 > ServerAlias mydomain.com

  <Directory /var/www/mydomain>
   DirectoryIndex index.html
  </Directory>

 > </VirtualHost>

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