In a previous post I went through in detail how to set up the virtual host for Apache and to configure the /etc/hosts file, but I didn't give much detail on Apache itself. I've just gone through the whole process again, and I'm now documenting that as an addendum:

Configure required apache modules:

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod ssl

Generate a certificate for the server to use:

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/spud.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/spud.crt

Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Of course the name and location of the cert must match the name and location specified in the virtual host file.