sudo bash
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get remove apache2
apt-get install libssl-dev
apt-get install zlib1g-dev
dpkg --purge apache apache2
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install libreadline5-dev
cd /usr/local/src/
wget http://apache.mirror99.com/httpd/httpd-2.2.4.tar.gz

tar -xzvf httpd-2.2.4.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.2.4
./configure --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-balancer\
--enable-proxy-http --enable-rewrite --enable-cache\
--enable-headers --enable-ssl --enable-so
make && make install
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

apt-get install mysql-server
/etc/init.d/mysql start

cd /usr/local/src/

wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/17189/rubygems-0.9.2.zip
apt-get install unzip
unzip rubygems-0.9.2.zip
tar -xzvf ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.8.6
./configure && make && make install

cd ../rubygems-0.9.2

ruby setup.rb

gem update
gem install rails --include-dependencies

apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev
gem install mysql --include-dependencies
gem install mongrel --include-dependencies
gem install mongrel_cluster --include-dependencies

Then you need some optional housecleaning and deploy your app. We’ll assume you know this part. If not, you can flame me via email and I’ll help you.

• set a mysql password and add appropiate users and permissions
• setup iptables
• add apache conf for mongrel cluster
• add app required gems as needed
• use capistrano set up your directories
• migrate database
• start clusters
• apache and mysql to startupscripts
• add mongrel to startup scrip