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On a related note, is there a repository of generic (though distribution-specific) deployment scripts for VPSes [+]? In my personal case I'm thinking along the lines of setting up BIND, sendmail and tweaking your HTTP server in one go, but the more choices the better.

[+] It would clearly apply to physical servers as well, but probably this carefree approach would be used most on VPSes.

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It's not quite exactly what you asked for, but have you seen the StackScripts from Linode? http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/

I have personally found that even distro-specific scripts require some tweaking across various hosting providers due to the default configuration of VPSs being different in each case. It has generally not been worth the effort for me to write complete bootstrap scripts so generic that they will work on anybody's VPS, but it's usually trivially easy to adapt whatever I have written to the quirks of a new hosting environment if the need arises.

Thanks! Since I'm far from launching any serious work, I'm still learning with cheaper VPSes, but thanks for your tip. In particular, the term 'bootstrap scripts' will prove handy. (Similar standard terms, suitable for Googling, will be welcomed.)

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