Stand up edx named-release/birch/rc on digital ocean droplet (or just about any ubuntu precise machine)

stand-up-edx-birch

sudo su

mkdir -p /tmp
echo 'tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777,nosuid,size=512M,exec 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
mount -a

apt-get update
apt-get -y install git python python-pip python-virtualenv virtualenvwrapper python-dev gcc autoconf g++ python2.7-dev ca-certificates

rm -rf /var/tmp/configuration
rm -rf /var/tmp/venv

cd /var/tmp/
git clone https://github.com/edx/configuration.git

cd configuration/playbooks
virtualenv /var/tmp/venv/configuration
source /var/tmp/venv/configuration/bin/activate
git checkout named-release/birch
pip install -r ../requirements.txt 

ansible-playbook ./edx_sandbox.yml -c local -i 'localhost,' \
-e edx_platform_version=named-release/birch \
-e ora2_version=named-release/birch \
-e certs_version=named-release/birch \
-e forum_version=named-release/birch \
-e xqueue_version=named-release/birch 

-e@/local/path/to/your/custom.yml

Thank you @e0d https://github.com/e0d