Setting up mod_mono (ASP.Net 2.0) on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

After spending a day on this, I figured it would be worthwhile information for anyone that may be interested in configuring mod_mono2 (ASP.Net) for Ubuntu Gutsy.  I'm personally using an Ubuntu JeOS base configuration.  You may want to install your database of choice (mySQL, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, etc) in addition to other supported modules for apache2. More...