You will need to provide a database for your drupal installation. This assumes you have some knowledge of MySQL, and already have it installed and configured. If not, please refer to the Gentoo MySQL guide at the following URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mysql-howto.xml Once you have a database ready all you need to do is to go to this location http://${VHOST_HOSTNAME}/${VHOST_APPDIR} and provide the credential required for the database access. SECURITY NOTICE: If you use SSL on your Drupal installation, you should enable the PHP configuration option 'session.cookie-secure' to make it harder for attackers to sniff session cookies. References: CVE-2008-3661 http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.cookie-secure http://drupal.org/node/315703 After that you can start to use drupal.