If you've been living under a rock (or just haven't been paying attention), you might not have seen the latest version of the Apache web server - Apache 2.0. It's a little different from the older versions, but just as powerful - and DevShed has a new article to help you get started with it.

In this first article in a three-part series, Harish Kamath helps you download and configure the Apache Web server. If you've wanted to use PHP with Apache, look no further; that part of the setup is also covered here.

They start off with the download and preparation for the isntall (including verifing the compiler, a gzip/gunzip utility, and, of course, a "linux guru" on hand, just in case). They move over to a simple compilation with just the built-in settings, and fire up this basic server for a little testing. They give you a few example config options you could add to your install, as well as go into some detail about the httpd.conf file.

Finally, they get to the compilation of PHP 5.0.3 with Apache 2.0.52 (with MySQL functionality compiled in).