These instructions are for setting up an Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS cloud server.

When creating the server instance on the cloud service providers, use the hostname naming conventions when asked for the hostname.

If it's not a temporary test/staging server, then it will probably have a longer life and/or will be shared with other devices or people, so it would be good to create a DNS record.

Install git and clone this rep

cd $HOME
sudo addgroup dev
sudo apt-get install vim
sudo apt-get install -y git-core
git clone https://github.com/alexgociu/setup-server.git

If you wish to install LAMP (Apache, PHP and MySQL) then run

./setup-server/setup-lamp.sh

If you wish to install node.js then run

./setup-server/setup-node.sh

Use these instructions to add users for yourself and for your team members on the server

After all the users are added, edit sshd config

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Disable ssh password auth and enable rsa auth

PasswordAuthentication no
RSAAuthentication yes

Restart ssh service

sudo service ssh restart

Update the hostname and reboot

sudo vim /etc/hostname
sudo reboot

Ssh to the server using your newly created user and follow these instructions to connect to github and setup your own individual dev environment

ssh username@hostname