these are the steps i take to create a new vm with all the services i know and love.

new vm setup

new VM!!

first of all to set the command prompt, add this to ~/.profile and change the text needed to change:
PS1="\u@\e[0;31mTHISTEXTCHANGE\e[m \w $ \e[m"

next, install avahi: sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
now you can log in by the hostname dot local!!

sudo apt-get install build-essential
git dependencies: sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install git

install rbenv!! (another page)

install redis:
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.6.12.tar.gz
tar -xvf redis-2.6.12.tar.gz
cd redis-2.6.12/
make
sudo make install
cd utils/
sudo ./install_server.sh


install mongo:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

for rails:
sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev libxml2-dev
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev



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getting passenger with nginx going:
sudo apt-get remove nginx nginx-full nginx-light nginx-naxsi nginx-common
get the full by doing: which passenger-install-nginx-module
and run with sudo:
sudo /home/deploy/.rbenv/shims/passenger-install-nginx-module

instructions for the nginx init.d script (https://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/installation/ubuntu-12.04-precise-pangolin#sph_create-an-init-script-to-manage-nginx):
wget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/1139-init-deb.sh
mv init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/nginx
chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults

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when it says its missing a java runtime install node js:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs

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install imagemagick


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remote access for mysql:
GRANT ALL ON crossrider.* TO deploy@'172.30.30.137' IDENTIFIED BY 'volvo850';
GRANT ALL ON monetization_backoffice.* TO deploy@'172.30.30.110' IDENTIFIED BY 'volvo850';
GRANT ALL ON stats.* TO deploy@'172.30.30.110' IDENTIFIED BY 'volvo850';

GRANT ALL ON crossrider.* TO deploy@'67.214.223.28' IDENTIFIED BY 'jiljul7340';
GRANT ALL ON monetization_backoffice.* TO deploy@'67.214.223.28' IDENTIFIED BY 'jiljul7340';

GRANT ALL ON crossrider.* TO deploy@'67.214.223.27' IDENTIFIED BY 'jiljul7340';
GRANT ALL ON monetization_backoffice.* TO deploy@'67.214.223.27' IDENTIFIED BY 'jiljul7340';


http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-enable-remote-access-to-mysql-database-server.html
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for nsis:
sudo apt-get install nsis

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where i got the shared/cache rule working:
http://matharvard.ca/posts/2011/jul/21/my-nginx-config/

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osslsigncode - i removed the sudos when calling this and it fixed it.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osslsigncode/?source=dlp

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ssl migration to nginx
http://www.geocerts.com/install/nginx
http://blog.robodomain.com/post/3698910833/godaddy-ssl-certificates-and-nginx