Running DotNetNuke at Apache HTTPD and mod_aspdotnet

Prerequisites :

1. Apache win32 binaries from Apache Download Mirrors
2. ASP.NET module for Apache HTTP Server 2.x from sourceforge
3. DotNetNuke Downloads

Config : Apache (out of scope of this article)

Config : mod_aspdotnet

# enable the Apache HTTP Server to correctly serve ASP.NET application content
AddHandler asp.net asax ascx ashx asmx aspx axd config cs csproj licx rem resources resx soap vb vbproj vsdisco webinfo</span>

<ifmodule aspdotnet_module>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# Enables mod_aspdotnet to process ASP.NET content
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
AspNet Files Directories Virtual

# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# Mount the ASP.NET application
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
AspNetMount /portal "<path to DotNetNuke>"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# Map all requests for to the application files
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
Alias /portal "<path to DotNetNuke>"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# Allow asp.net scripts to be executed
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
<directory <path to DotNetNuke>>
 Options FollowSymlinks ExecCGI
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
 DirectoryIndex index.htm index.aspx Default.aspx default.aspx
#default the index page to .htm and .aspx
</directory>


# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# For all virtual ASP.NET webs, we need the aspnet_client files
# to serve the client-side helper scripts.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
AliasMatch /aspnet_client/system_web/(\d+)_(\d+)_(\d+)_(\d+)/(.*) "C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v$1.$2.$3/ASP.NETClientFiles/$4"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------
<directory windows="" net="" framework="" netclientfiles="">
 Options FollowSymlinks
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
</directory>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
</ifmodule>
#asp.net

Troubleshooting :
1. AspNet Files Directories Virtual
   This directive not included in most standard mod_aspdotnet configs. If you omit it Apache will be unable to serve virtual resources like WebResource.axd from aspnet_isapi.dll. This will affect in

   mod_aspdotnet: Forbidden, 'AspNet Virtual'is not enabled for: .../WebResource.axd

   error in apache log and

   WebForm_PostBackOptions is undefined

   in DotNetNuke pages.
2. In Host » Host Settings » Friendly Url Settings turn off "Use Friendly Urls?"
   If you omit this step apache will replace all ~ in DotNetNuke friendly URL with "Home". Probably i'll resolve this later with Apache Module mod_rewrite.