Setting up an https server in Apache is easy. This tutorial covers how to create and sign your ssl certificate as well as how to configure the web server.

I noticed when I reboot or shutdown my server, when it says that it's closing apache, apache just sits there for long, trying to resolve all the virtual host names. Why does it do that? Is there a ...

The server ignoring it almost likely means you screwed up the configuration, some how. Apache is appallingly poor at telling you when screwed your configuration up. Of course, we're appalling poor ...