In this new tutorial from DevShed, they take a chapter from the "Pro Apache" book (from Apress) and show you how you can customize your Apache installation.

Have you ever wanted to customize Apache? This article will help you get started on building a customized version of Apache to suit your own needs. It is taken from chapter three of the book Pro Apache third edition, written by Peter Wainwright (Apress, 2004; ISBN: 1590593006).

They start off with reasons why you should customize your install before moving right into some of the options that can be set (such as --cache-file, --srcdir, and --verbose). They then get more specific, showing you how to enable/disable modules, build Apache 2 from source as an RPM, and building it with suExec support - and much more...