• Update and Upgrade the server

    $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
  

• Follow instructions to add user ubuntu and grant ubuntu root priviledges

• Install openssh-server

    $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
  

• Change ssh port to the agreed port number

    $ sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  

• Follow instructions to generate a public key and add it to github

    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
  

• Install python-dev

    $ sudo apt-get install python-dev
  

• Install postgresql 9.1 and postgresql-server-dev-9.1

    $ sudo apt-get install postgresql
    $ sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1
  

• install python-pip python-virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

    $ sudo apt-get install python-pip
    $ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
    $ sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
  

• Add the following to your .bashrc file

    export WORKON_HOME=~/Envs
    mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME
    source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
  

• Source your bashrc file to make the changes active

    $ source .bashrc
  

• Clone the repo

• Create Role in postgres

• If using mysql, remember to

    $ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev