Instructions for setting up a web server. These specific instructions were developed for a Rackspace Cloud Server running Ubuntu 12.4, but they should work in general for any Debian/Ubuntu version with any host.
For the initial setup (e.g. new client) go through the instruction in Initial-Setup.md first then install LAMP and other miscilaneous packages by following the instructions in Install-LAMP.md.
For each site that will be hosted on the server, use the instructions in Add-Site.md. You can also find general mysql and apache instructions in this file.
These instruction use vi in commands where a text editor is required. You can substitute the text editor of your choice where applicable, but it is much easier to learn and use basic vi commands as vi will allow you to search the contents of files for the strings you need to replace.