sagish

# general
yum update

# mysql
yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-libs mysql-server
mysql_secure_installation

# git and node
yum install gcc-c++ make
yum install openssl-devel

sagish

# I couldn't get s3cmd install using yum on some system, as the following error kept repeating itself. 

# --> Processing Dependency: python-elementtree for package: s3cmd-1.0.0-4.1.x86_64
# --> Finished Dependency Resolution
# Error: Package: s3cmd-1.0.0-4.1.x86_64 (s3tools)
#           Requires: python-elementtree
# You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
# You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

# after further research, no one seemed to offer a solid solution for the missing python-elementtree dependency, however a manual install of the package worked wonderfully, but was also hard to come by.