Like most of my posts, this is a tutorial based on a tutorial. I’ve done this partially to document my own steps in the process, and partially because I frequently find parts in tutorials that are not as clear or explicit as I would prefer. This tutorial is exactly based on Flurdy’s (Ivar Abrahamsen’s) tutorial, Simple Ubuntu Server in the cloud. I’ve found it to EXCELLENT, one of the best tutorials I’ve followed, and what follows below is primarily a reformatted and commented copy of his process. If you’re already comforta