This is a fabfile script designed to get the bare-necessities ready for server deployment. It is tailored for use with newly spun up Rackspace instances, but should work with any Ubuntu server.
You will need Fabric to run this script.
pip install FabricSimply run the script. It will perform boilerplate installs and prompt you for a couple extras like PostgreSQL and Memcached (default is No for all extras).
fab -H root@<host> buildfab -H root@192.293.48.10 buildor, to build multiple servers at the same time
fab -H root@192.111.11.11,root@192.222.22.22,root@192.333.33.33 build