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Re:How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server by grey-area on Monday March 04, 2013 @01:57AM (#5317047)
On linode, which he is using, there is one built in - they allow shell scripts to run on first boot which could replay his commands as they are without many changes:

http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/

Re:How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server by plusbryan on Monday March 04, 2013 @09:50AM (#5318410)
Yes, stackscripts are a great way to take advantage of automation. :-)