Apache subdomain virtualhosts over SSL

I've been scouring Google over the last couple of days, trying to find out how to setup subdomains over https without having to do IP-based virtualhosts or creating self-signed keys. It turns out the solution is pretty simple: set "NameVirtualHost *:443" (without quotes, of course) at the top of your SSL virtualhost config, and then you can proceed with setting up your virtualhosts as usual (I'm also redirecting all http traffic to https). For example:

	NameVirtualHost *:443
	<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName yourdomain.com
	ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
	Redirect "/" "https://www.yourdomain.com"
	</VirtualHost>
	<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName staging.yourdomain.com
	DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html/staging.yourdomain.com/current/public
	RailsEnv staging
	<Directory /home/user/public_html/staging.yourdomain.com/current/public>
	AllowOverride all
	Options -MultiViews
	</Directory>
	</VirtualHost>
	<VirtualHost *:443>
	ServerName www.yourdomain.com
	ServerAlias yourdomain.com
	DocumentRoot /var/www/public_html/www.yourdomain.com/current/public
	RailsEnv production
	<Directory /home/gom/public_html/www.yourdomain.com/current/public>
	AllowOverride all
	Options -MultiViews
	</Directory>
	SSLEngine on
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-ssl-cert.crt
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-ssl-key.key
	SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-chain-file.crt
	</VirtualHost>
	<VirtualHost *:443>
	ServerName staging.yourdomain.com
	ServerAlias staging.yourdomain.com
	DocumentRoot /var/www/public_html/staging.yourdomain.com/current/public
	RailsEnv staging
	<Directory /var/www/public_html/staging.yourdomain.com/current/public>
	AllowOverride all
	Options -MultiViews
	</Directory>
	SSLEngine on
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-ssl-cert.crt
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-ssl-key.key
	SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your-chain-file.crt
	</VirtualHost>

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