1. Minimal VPS on OpenVZ
all edited files are stored in /root

Packages
*Install edubuntu-server
*Install shorewall and configure it (Had some memory allocation errors created a troubleticket here: https://secure.vpsville.ca/support/index.php?action=ticket&id=ODY1MTIyMTQtNTcyNTAzMjE0Nw==&ide=anBAanBoZWluLmNvbQ== )
*Install denyhosts
*Install Lamp using this howto http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies, and apt-get install php5-mysql
*Install unison, bind, cron, ntp-server changed to PST.
*installed logtail, portsentry
*Installed trac
*Installed dun-java6-jdk, ran update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun, and edited /etc/jvm
postfix libsasl2 sasl2-bin

Files
create user jeffrey and add to the sudo group,
edit the sudoers file and the ssh file.
change root password and dissallow from ssh.
Edited the /apt/sources.lst file.
Edited the /etc/passwd /etc/shadow and /etc/group to add all existing users.
configured opentaps to start on boot.
edited /etc/jvm
installed existing virtual sites

Custom Packages
*install freenx from guide here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=620057
*Installed webmin using this howto: http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-install-webmin-in-ubuntu.html, changed to unix authentication.
*Installed BIND-DLZ:
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get source bind9
apt-get build-dep bind9
apt-get libmysqlclient15-dev, needed for mysql headecrs and libraries for the dlz-mysql driver.
cd bind9-9.4.1-P1
export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="--with-dlz-mysql --disable-threads". This does not work as it shoud so: nano -w debian/rules, add --with-dlz-mysql to ./debian/rules line and change --enable-threads to --disable-threads
dpkg-buildpackage -b
dpkg -i ../*.deb
apitude hold ../*

Commands
wget http://www.datakeylive.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/wjeremy.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
wget http://www.datakeylive.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/alivesoftware.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
"chmod 777 /dev/null /tmp" Change permisions on /dev/null and /tmp
"update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun"
"a2enmod rewrite && a2enmod ssl" to enable apache2 mod_rewrite and mod ssl
"update-rc.d -f mysql remove", then "update-rc.d mysql defaults 14" so it would start before bind9.
dpkg-statoverride --force --update --add root sasl 755 /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd - this is for Postfix with SSL

Replication
Run unison to replicate /home/humans directory, edited the /etc/hosts and /root/.unison/replicate files. had to use rsync instead.
Started mysql replicatopn
add to dns

Todo
create ubuntu boxenlinux package

Packages that will be updated manualy untill added to ubuntu:
freenx
webmin
opentaps
joomla + exts
dotproject
maatkit

Process
Install files
apt-get install everything
Install debs