The first step is to build mod_wombat per the instructions in building-from-subversion.txt. Once built, replace apache's httpd.conf with test/test_httpd.conf You will need to customize the directories listed in test_httpd.conf to match your system. Build and install LuaSocket http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~diego/professional/luasocket/ Finally, to run the tests, start apache and run: $ cd test $ lua ./test.lua